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On Monday 18 November 2002 01:59, Hans Hagen wrote:
> \newif\ifreversesectionnumbers
>
> \unprotected \def\@@longsectionnumber#1%
>    {\ifreversesectionnumbers
>       \@@shortsectionnumber{#1}%
>       \ifnum\countervalue{\??se\previoussection{#1}}>\zerocount
>         .\csname\previoussection{#1}\c!nummer\endcsname
>       \fi
>     \else
>       \ifnum\countervalue{\??se\previoussection{#1}}>\zerocount
>         \csname\previoussection{#1}\c!nummer\endcsname.%
>       \fi
>       \@@shortsectionnumber{#1}%
>     \fi}
>
> \reversesectionnumberstrue
>
> \chapter{Well, let's see}
> \section{If}
> \section{This}
> \section{Works}
>

WOW!!!  So far this works perfectly! Please accept my deepest gratitude f=
or=20
such a short turnaround!

> but i assume you want a more sophisticated mechanism; should this be a =
key
> in \setuphead?

It would be nice to say something _global_ like

\setupheads[alternative=3Dsemetic]  or=20
\setupheads[alternative=3DRL]=20

I suppose for some _really_ funky multilingual scenarios the _local_ meca=
hnism

\setuphead[alternative=3DRL]=20

might come in handy as well.

Thnx again!

Best wishes
Idris
--=20
Dr. Idris S Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523