Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.

Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.

[john Culleton]

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
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Re: Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.

[Marco Patzer]

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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.

[john Culleton]

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?



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John Culleton
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Re: Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.

[Marco Patzer]

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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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