Command/setupinmargin

\setupinmargin

Syntax

\setupinmargin[...][...,...=...,...]
[...]	left right number
location	flushleft flushright both
style	normal bold slanted boldslanted type cap small... command
before	command
after	command
align	inner outer left right middle normal no yes
line	number
distance	dimension
separator	text
width	dimension
distance	dimension
stack	yes no
[...,...=...,...]	see \setupframed

Description

Stack option is used to emulate LaTeX's marginpars (they're considered floats, hence the resulting margin notes do not overlap).

The first bracket can be used to provide different setups for different margin text types. It defines which type of text the following parameters apply to. So the following code defines that any text placed in the margin using \inright{...} will be slanted:

\setupinmargin[right][style=slanted]

The previous code does not alter the location of the \inmargin command. To do that you would use:

\setupinmargin[location=right,style=slanted]

Example

% For example:
\setupinmargin[style=slanted]

\starttext

This is an example of a simple margin note set in the slanted font
of the document. If used correctly, the note \inmargin{Here is a
simple margin note.} should print on the side with the command 
\type {\inmargin} placed in the text. You will of course want to 
adjust your margins to accommodate the type.  

\stoptext