* Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.
@ 2013-10-09 19:27 john Culleton
2013-10-09 19:43 ` Marco Patzer
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From: john Culleton @ 2013-10-09 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
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It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a
spelled-out chapter number in novels. Not finding a function to convert
from a number register to a text string I created a brute force file
that looks like this:
------------------------------
\def\chapstring{\ifcase\currentheadnumber\or
One\or
Two\or
Three\or
Four\or
Five\or
Six\or
Seven\or
Eight\or
Nine\or
Ten\or
...
Ninety-eight\or
Ninety-nine\else
One hundred\fi}
--------------------------------
This file enables authors to rearrange chapters without worrying
about renumbering the chapters since it depends on \currentheadnumber.
I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does this
for me?
If not, anyone who wants the complete file can write me for a copy. It
might save you ten minutes or so :<)
--
John Culleton
Wexford Press
Free list of books for self-publishers:
http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
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* Re: Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.
2013-10-09 19:27 Spelling out chapter numbers for novels john Culleton
@ 2013-10-09 19:43 ` Marco Patzer
2013-10-09 20:14 ` john Culleton
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From: Marco Patzer @ 2013-10-09 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 2013–10–09 john Culleton wrote:
> It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a
> spelled-out chapter number in novels.
>
> […]
>
> I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does this
> for me?
\setuplabeltext
[chapter=Chapter\nobreakspace]
\setuphead
[chapter]
[conversion=words]
\starttext
\startchapter [title=Alpha]
\stopchapter
\startchapter [title=Beta]
\stopchapter
\startchapter [title=Gamma]
\stopchapter
\stoptext
Marco
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* Re: Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.
2013-10-09 19:43 ` Marco Patzer
@ 2013-10-09 20:14 ` john Culleton
2013-10-09 20:24 ` Marco Patzer
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From: john Culleton @ 2013-10-09 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:43:49 +0200
Marco Patzer <lists@homerow.info> wrote:
> On 2013–10–09 john Culleton wrote:
>
> > It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a
> > spelled-out chapter number in novels.
> >
> > […]
> >
> > I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does
> > this for me?
>
> \setuplabeltext
> [chapter=Chapter\nobreakspace]
>
> \setuphead
> [chapter]
> [conversion=words]
>
> \starttext
> \startchapter [title=Alpha]
> \stopchapter
>
> \startchapter [title=Beta]
> \stopchapter
>
> \startchapter [title=Gamma]
> \stopchapter
> \stoptext
>
> Marco
Very interesting. I have one further problem. The accepted style is to
use an initial cap as in
Twenty-three
and not
twenty-three
Is there a cure for that also?
--
John Culleton
Wexford Press
Free list of books for self-publishers:
http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
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* Re: Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.
2013-10-09 20:14 ` john Culleton
@ 2013-10-09 20:24 ` Marco Patzer
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From: Marco Patzer @ 2013-10-09 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 2013–10–09 john Culleton wrote:
> Very interesting. I have one further problem. The accepted style is to
> use an initial cap as in
> Twenty-three
> and not
> twenty-three
>
> Is there a cure for that also?
Words
Marco
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