Thanks, Taco! That works in my mwe. I added way=bytext in my env file and
the output is just what I need.
Best, Alan
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 9:44 AM Taco Hoekwater <t...@elvenkind.com> wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> Sorry, I should have actually tried your MWE. You do *not* want
> way=bypage here, as that resets the counter to one at the start
> of the next page (it is useful for footnotes that are numbered
> per-page, but not for actual page counters).
>
>
> \definecounter[volpage][type=page]
> \starttext
> \setcounter[volpage][5]
> \dorecurse{3}{\startTEXpage[offset=2pc]
> \input ward
> \blank[medium]
>
> \centerline{\red\tfa\rawcounter[volpage]\incrementcounter[volpage]}
> \stopTEXpage}
> \stoptext
>
>
> > On 10 Jun 2020, at 15:05, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Taco—
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried it with \incrementcounter before
> and after the TEXpage. Sadly, neither worked.
> >
> > This mwe is an attempt to capture the failure of the following in
> processing a product with numerous components:
> >
> > \definecounter[volpage][type=page, way=bypage]
> > \setupfootertexts[text]
> > []
> > [{\centerline{\raise\NumberRaise\hbox{\rawcounter[volpage]}}
> > \incrementcounter[volpage]}]
> > [{\centerline{\raise\NumberRaise\hbox{\rawcounter[volpage]}}
> > \incrementcounter[volpage]}]
> > []
> >
> > If your suggestion had worked, I would have had difficulty in applying
> it.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:14 AM Taco Hoekwater <t...@elvenkind.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Incrementing the counter outside of the TEXpage should work.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Taco
> >
> > > On 9 Jun 2020, at 23:34, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > My efforts to set up a new page counter in the footertexts of a book
> are not proving successful. The following code shows the nature of the
> problem.
> > >
> > > \definecounter[volpage][type=page, way=bypage]
> > > \starttext
> > > \setcounter[volpage][5]
> > > \dorecurse{3}{\startTEXpage[offset=2pc]
> > > \input ward
> > > \blank[medium]
> > >
> \centerline{\red\tfa\rawcounter[volpage]\incrementcounter[volpage]}
> > > \stopTEXpage}
> > > \stoptext
> > >
> > > As you will see, the counter is not incremented on pages 2 and 3.
> > >
> > > I expect that I have missed something important. But what?
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
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