[NTG-context] Re: \inch not doing the expected thing (what I expect, anyway).

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 11/13/2024 11:03 AM, Marco Patzer wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:30:15 +0100
> Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> \unit{2 arcsecond}
> 
> Arcseconds might print the correct glyph, but would be semantically
> wrong. I believe the correct approach would be:
> 
>    \unit{2 inch}
> 
> The question then remains how to configure \unit{2 inch} to produce
> (depending on the requirements):
> 
>    2 in   or
>    2"

After 25 hours of discussion and 18 attempts the math team (whoever that 
is) has decided that this is good enough:

\permanent\protected\def\fakeminute
   {\dontleavehmode
    \begingroup
    \doifelseitalic
      {\scratchwidth\fontcharwd\font\singlequoteasciicode
       \hpack \s!to 1.2\scratchwidth \bgroup
         \glyphslant\plustwohundred
         \glyph \s!xoffset -0.6\scratchwidth\singlequoteasciicode
       \egroup}%
      {\scratchwidth\fontcharwd\font\singlequoteasciicode
       \hpack \s!to 1.1\scratchwidth \bgroup
          \glyphslant\plusfivehundred
         \glyph \s!xoffset -\scratchwidth\singlequoteasciicode
       \egroup}%
    \endgroup}

\permanent\protected\def\fakesecond
   {\dontleavehmode
    \begingroup
    \doifelseitalic
      {\scratchwidth\fontcharwd\font\singlequoteasciicode
       \hpack \s!to 1.7\scratchwidth \bgroup
         \glyphslant\plustwohundred
         \glyph \s!xoffset -0.6\scratchwidth\singlequoteasciicode
         \glyph \s!xoffset -1.1\scratchwidth\singlequoteasciicode
       \egroup}%
      {\scratchwidth\fontcharwd\font\singlequoteasciicode
       \hpack \s!to 1.6\scratchwidth \bgroup
         \glyphslant\plusfivehundred
         \glyph \s!xoffset    -\scratchwidth\singlequoteasciicode
         \glyph \s!xoffset -1.5\scratchwidth\singlequoteasciicode
       \egroup}%
    \endgroup}


\permanent\protected\def\minute{\iffontchar\font\textminute\textminute\else\fakeminute\fi}
\permanent\protected\def\second{\iffontchar\font\textsecond\textsecond\else\fakesecond\fi}

\aliased\let\inch\second


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