[NTG-context] Re: usage of conversion in \date

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 11/28/2023 6:09 PM, Peter Münster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When printing a date in French, I would like to convert the "1" to
> "1\ier", but it does not work as I expect:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \startluacode
> -- from https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/defineconversion:
> interfaces.implement {
>      name      = "FRdate",
>      public    = true,
>      arguments = "string",
>      actions   =
>          function(s)
>              local n = tonumber(s)
>              if n == 1 then
>                  context"1\\ier"
>              else
>                  context(s)
>              end
>          end
> }
> \stopluacode
> \def\ier{\highordinalstr{er}}
> \mainlanguage[fr]
> \defineconversion[frd][\FRdate]
> \setuplanguage[fr][date={day:frd,\ ,month,\ ,year}]
> \starttext
> Conversion: \convertnumber{frd}{1}, \convertnumber{frd}{2} (OK)\\
> Dates: \date[d=1], \date[d=2] (not OK)
> \stoptext
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> How could I get "1\ier\ novembre 2023" please?
\mainlanguage[fr]

\setuplanguage[fr][date={day:++,\ ,month,\ ,year}]

\starttext
     Dates: \date[d=1], \date[d=2] (not OK)
\stoptext




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