A more automated solution may be possible via \iftrialtypesetting. I'd suggest
that you post a minimal example with the metapost graphic on the mailing list.
Aditya
On Wed, 27 Aug 2025, jbf wrote:
> This may be ugly, but it works! The complicated Chapter setup that was clearly
> causing the problem remains unchanged (not included here. I do not know where
> I would need to adjust it). I decided to play with counters instead
>
> Would this be an acceptable solution? A bit hacky I admit. If anyone wants to
> see the chapter setup, I am happy to provide it, in case we can resolve the
> issue at the source of the problem.
>
> \starttext
> \startchapter[title=Chapter 1]
> ABC\footnote{footnote 1}
> \stopchapter
> \startchapter[title={Chapter 2\footnote{footnote
> 2}\decrementcounter[footnote]}] %without the \decrementcounter command, this
> would skip to 3 instead of 2
> \incrementcounter[footnote]
> ABC\footnote{footnote 3}
> Another\footnote{footnote 4}
> \stopchapter
> \stoptext
>
> Julian
>
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