ConTeXt: change footnote rule

Question

I wanted to know if how it was possible to change the length of the footnote rule (on the Wiki there is only the possibility of increasing the thickness, and if I remember correctly also the color).

Does this answer your question? How can I change the footnote line (thickness, length) — TobiBS, Aug 13 '20 at 14:00
@TobiBS No, those answers are for LaTeX, and the question is about ConTeXt. Setting \makeupwidth=<length> (after \starttext) seems to work, but it doesn't look like a ConTeXt-y way of doing it. — Phelype Oleinik, Aug 13 '20 at 14:35
Somewhere I had found the answer, but I lost the page link. Two ideas would come to me.

Remove the footnote rule (\setunotation[rule=off]) and put [before=custom_line]. 2) Create a frame around the footnotes text and delete "bottomframe". — , Aug 13 '20 at 14:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '20 at 21:36

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This way you can define almost anything you will ever need. Have fun!

\setuppapersize[A4]
\unexpanded\def\longrule{\blackrule[width=10cm,color=blue,height=1pt,depth=1pt]}
\setupnote[footnote][rule=command,rulecommand=\longrule]
\starttext
\input tufte\footnote{test}
\stoptext

answered Aug 13 '20 at 21:36

phil-elkabat

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Is there any difference to my answer? – DG' Aug 14 '20 at 16:22
@DG', well, it certainly allows for more customization out of the box. – phil-elkabat Aug 14 '20 at 16:29
How so? Looks identical to me. No criticism, just curiosity. – DG' Aug 14 '20 at 16:59
@DG', really? \blackrule: Draws a horizontal filled box, called rule. \hrule: Place a rule as wide as the text, with a height of 0.4 point. Ends the current paragraph. Using this command [\blackrule] is far more slower than using the TeX primitives \hrule and \vrule, but it save us some tokens. (Source: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/blackrule) – phil-elkabat Aug 14 '20 at 17:17
Ah, I see. You focus on the content of the custom command (which I think is trivial and opinion based), whereas I saw the real challenge in persuading context to accept a custom macro in the first place. Fair enough – DG' Aug 14 '20 at 21:01
@DG', on the contrary! Rather trivial is looking up that rulecommand consists of a command: rulecommand=COMMAND as specified on page 243 of »ConTeXt Commands« to be found here: http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/qrcs/setup-en.pdf. Choosing the most customizable rule or box was most of the work – at least for me. – phil-elkabat Aug 15 '20 at 14:07

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 13 '20 at 21:20

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You can define your own rule:

\def\myfootrule
  {\hrule width 10cm \relax \kern \strutdepth}
\setupfootnotes
  [rule=on,
   rule=command,
   rulecommand=\myfootrule]
\starttext
  Some text.\footnote{This is a footnote}
\stoptext

answered Aug 13 '20 at 21:20

DG'

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ConTeXt: change footnote rule

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