Re: \digits get \times instead of \cdot before exponent

[Romain Diss <romain.diss@yahoo.fr>]

> We've already got \setdigitmode, \setdigitorder, and \setdigitspace;
> it might make sense to create a \setupdigits to consolidate these
> setups into one interface. Something like this:
> 
> \setupdigits
>    [mode=4,               % -->\setdigitmode{4}
>                           % (decimal period, thinspace between groups)
>     inputdecimalmark={,}, % -->\setdigitorder{0}
>     signspace=yes,        % -->\setdigitsign{1}; '+ 1.4', not '+1.4'
>     times=\times,         % or times=\cdot
>     ]
> 

+1


> P.s: I've been thinking I'd like to write more contexty interface that
> doesn't use predefined modes, but lets you setup the decimal mark,
> separator mark, the input decimal mark, etc. Something like this:
> 
> \setupdigits
>    [inputdecimal={.},  % input  3.1415926535
>     decimal={,}
>     separator=\space,
>     groupsize=4,       % output 3,1415 9265 45
>     signspace=,]       % +3.14159...
> 
> That could even tie into \setuplanguage to allow setting
> language-specific defaults. Would anyone be interested in this?

+1 again!

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Romain Diss
<romain.diss@yahoo.fr>
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