From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/34282 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Schuster Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: \unknown Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:15 +0200 Message-ID: <20070415182915.e3c7c68d.schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176654586 2908 80.91.229.12 (15 Apr 2007 16:29:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:29:46 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Apr 15 18:29:39 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hd7bb-0002S5-Oh for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6BC82019F; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06802-02; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E542019A; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646A72019A for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06936-01 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9972A20196 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:29:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so843058uge for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:29:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.82.155.10 with SMTP id c10mr6856874bue.1176654561139; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:29:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from eve ( [89.51.234.71]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id j9sm10608149mue.2007.04.15.09.29.18; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:29:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.7; i686-pc-mingw32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:34282 Archived-At: On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:48:39 -0600 "Idris Samawi Hamid" wrote: > Hi Hans... > > \unknown > > is cryptic; why not just... > > \ellipsis? That's what it is after all, and it's immediately obvious, > easier to remember, etc....-) > > (at least as an official synonym...) Hi Idris, text \textellipsis > > Note that you could also have \setupellipsis: '...' is the most prevalent > but not the only form it can take. '***' and \emdash are apparent > alternatives... you can use \periods\ or \periods[2] or \periods[5] ... you can also change the distance of the dots with \def\periodswidth {...} (default value: 0.5em) and the default number auf dots with the commands \def\periodsdefault{...} (default value: 3). Hans, is it possible to make also a definition for the sign used by \periods to write something like \starts and get ***. > > Bringhurst's discussion on ellipsis rules might help with creating > typographical options... French and English have different rules, for > example... > > ...Best > ...Idris Wolfgang