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ConTeXt has a built-in mechanism for paragraph numbering, which places numbers in the margin. This is accessed with <{{cmd>|setupparagraphnumbering</cmd>, as in this example, which also sets the number style to italic rather than the default roman}}.

The mechanism numbers ‘TeX paragraphs’, so a formula or an itemization item will get its own number. For ‘block of thought’ paragraphs that can contain multiple TeX paragraphs, see the {{module|pararef}} module described at [[Paragraph Referencing]]. <texcodecontext source="yes">\setuppapersize[A5]

A third numbered paragraph.\setupparagraphnumberingstartitemize[state=stoppacked] And, finally, \item an unnumbered paragraph after the paragraph numbering.\stoptext</texcode> <context>\setuplayout[scale=0.8,width=13cm] \starttextSome text in an unnumbered paragraph before the paragraph numbering starts.item itemization\setupparagraphnumbering[state=start,style=italic,distance=0pt]This is the first numbered paragraph; it's short. This is another numbered paragraph. It's long enough to wrap around ontomore than one line, so as to show that these are paragraph numbers and notline numbers.stopitemize

An alternate way of numbering paragraphs is to place the numbers in the running text, rather than in the margin. ConTeXt doesn't have a built-in way to do this, but it's not difficult to add a method using the <{{cmd>|everypar</cmd> }} macro. The following code was proposed by Taco on the mailing list.

<texcodecontext source="yes" text="This produces the following result:">\setuppapersize[A6]

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Idris provided [https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2017/089454.html a modified version] of an enumerated-paragraphs sample provided by Wolfgang. In the modified version, section numbering is combined with paragraph enumeration, with titles optional: <contextsource="yes" text="The output from the previous code is:">\setuplayoutdefineseparatorset [ParagraphNumber][scale=0.8,width=13cm]% no second decimal for susubparagraphs% \newcounterdefineseparatorset [ParagraphNumber][.,.] % second decimal for susubparagraphs \Paracountdefinecounter[ParagraphNumber][numberseparatorset=ParagraphNumber,criterium=all] \setcounterdefine\Paracount1ParagraphNumber {{\defbf \Paragraphnumberincrementcounter[ParagraphNumber]% \convertedcounter[ParagraphNumber][numbersegments=1]}\quad} \define\subParagraphNumber {{\incrementbf \Paracount incrementcounter[ParagraphNumber][2]% \convertedcounter[ParagraphNumber][numbersegments=1:2]}\Paracount.~quad} \defdefine\startParagraphNumbers%subsubParagraphNumber {{\par bf \begingroup incrementcounter[ParagraphNumber][3]% \appendtoks convertedcounter[ParagraphNumber][numbersegments=1:3]}\Paragraphnumber quad} \to setuphead[section] [style=\everypar}bf, alternative=text, criterium=all, number=no, textcommand=\defParagraphNumber, insidesection=\stopParagraphNumbershskip-0.49em] %adjust space after title \setuphead[subsection] {[style=\bf, alternative=text, criterium=all, number=no, textcommand=\par subParagraphNumber, insidesection=\endgroup}hskip-0.49em] % adjust space after title

Some text in an unnumbered paragraph before the paragraph numbering starts\startsection[title={Text.}]\input ward\startsubsection\startParagraphNumbersinput wardThis is the first numbered paragraph; it's short\startsubsubsection[title={Text.}]\input wardThis is another numbered paragraph. It's long enough to wrap around onto\stopsubsubsectionmore than one line, so as to show that these are paragraph numbers and not\stopsubsectionline numbers.\stopsection

A third numbered paragraph.\startsection\input ward\stopParagraphNumbersstartsubsubsection\input wardAnd, finally, an unnumbered paragraph after the paragraph numbering.\stopsubsubsection\stopsection