Hi Thomas,
You know more about XML processing than I do, but how does your project
setup look like?
I imagine you should be able to keep track of the footnotes in a lua table
(just like shown in the xml-mkiv manual) and place them manually with
\placefootnotes where you want.
Something like this:
\setupfootnotes[location=text]
\starttext
\xmlprocessfile{whatever}{chapter1.xml}
\xmlprocessfile{whatever}{chapter2.xml}
\placefootnotes
\stoptext
But, this won't help you with the backreferences... But maybe with a custom
command you could place the pagereference in the margin (given you have also
saved it to the lua table for the footnote definitions). Could that work?
Best,
Denis
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Thomas A. Schmitz <[email protected]>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. August 2025 14:42
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: [NTG-context] Notes at end of book
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like some advise on the best way to approach the result I want. I'm
typesetting a
> book; the source is in xml, every chapter in its own file.
> I want my notes to appear in their own chapter at the end of the book; the
reference
> (in the margin) should be to the page number where the paragraph with the
note
> reference is found. For my work with the source files, I would prefer the
notes be
> included within the respective xml files.
>
> The solution I have been thinking about: every note has a unique xml:id
attribute,
> ConTeXt sets a \pagereference with the value of this attribute and writes
the content
> of all notes to an external file. Then, I can retrieve the notes from this
file and include
> the page number from the \pagereference. I'm making some progress here,
but am
> not quite sure how to use \xmltofile or \xmlsave (or their Lua
counterparts lxml.tofile
> or xml.save).
>
> I'm also wondering if I'm reinventing the wheel here. Maybe there is an
easier
> solution because notes can be postponed? I'll be grateful for any ideas!
>
> All best
>
> Thomas
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