[NTG-context] Can context automatically italicize foreign words?

[NTG-context] Can context automatically italicize foreign words?

[Joel via ntg-context]

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Its common convention to italicize words that are of a different language. I've tried marking these words, but then when they also appear in the glossary and index, they are not appearing in the correct placement--somehow the italicized words appear under the "s" category, no matter what letter they start with.
Is there any way in ConTeXt to just give it a list of words, and it will italicize them wherever they are found in the text, no matter they are in the body, some index, etc.?
--Joel

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[NTG-context] Re: Can context automatically italicize foreign words?

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 20.03.25 um 17:28 schrieb Joel via ntg-context:
> Its common convention to italicize words that are of a different 
> language. I've tried marking these words, but then when they also appear 
> in the glossary and index, they are not appearing in the correct 
> placement--somehow the italicized words appear under the "s" category, 
> no matter what letter they start with.

You’re looking for "processors":
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/References_notes_and_floats/Registers_and_index#Processors

> Is there any way in ConTeXt to just give it a list of words, and it will 
> italicize them wherever they are found in the text, no matter they are 
> in the body, some index, etc.?

There are several ways for replacements, I don’t know which fits.

Hraban
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[NTG-context] Re: Can context automatically italicize foreign words?

[Max Chernoff via ntg-context]

Hi Joel,

On Thu, 2025-03-20 at 16:28 +0000, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
> Is there any way in ConTeXt to just give it a list of words, and it
> will italicize them wherever they are found in the text, no matter they
> are in the body, some index, etc.?

You should be able to use either \translateinput or \replaceword:

    https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/replaceword

    https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/17024

Thanks,
-- Max
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[NTG-context] Re: Can context automatically italicize foreign words?

[jbf]

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At least for the Index, Joel, here is how I achieved that:

\defineprocessor[special][style=italic]

And then by way of an example in the text referring to a newspaper:

\index{special->Age, The} {\em The  Age} of 31 July 2018

Julian

On 21/3/25 03:28, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
> Its common convention to italicize words that are of a different 
> language. I've tried marking these words, but then when they also 
> appear in the glossary and index, they are not appearing in the 
> correct placement--somehow the italicized words appear under the "s" 
> category, no matter what letter they start with.
>
> Is there any way in ConTeXt to just give it a list of words, and it 
> will italicize them wherever they are found in the text, no matter 
> they are in the body, some index, etc.?
>
> --Joel
>
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[NTG-context] Re: Can context automatically italicize foreign words?

[Rik Kabel]

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On 2025-03-20 18:29, jbf wrote:
>
> At least for the Index, Joel, here is how I achieved that:
>
> \defineprocessor[special][style=italic]
>
> And then by way of an example in the text referring to a newspaper:
>
> \index{special->Age, The} {\em The  Age} of 31 July 2018
>
> Julian
>
> On 21/3/25 03:28, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
>> Its common convention to italicize words that are of a different 
>> language. I've tried marking these words, but then when they also 
>> appear in the glossary and index, they are not appearing in the 
>> correct placement--somehow the italicized words appear under the "s" 
>> category, no matter what letter they start with.
>>
>> Is there any way in ConTeXt to just give it a list of words, and it 
>> will italicize them wherever they are found in the text, no matter 
>> they are in the body, some index, etc.?
>>
>> --Joel


One can also use a construct such as

    \index[New York Times]{{\em The New York Times}}

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