Re: critical editions in context / arabtex

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:30:38 +0100, Thomas A.Schmitz 
> <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Hans, but it's primarily edmac that I'm interested in, not 
>> arabtex. Could the edmac macros just be part of a Context module?
> 
> 
> I actually considered that. During my own pre-ConTeXt work I dived deep 
> into the EDMAC code and made changes so that I could do real 100% 
> right-to-left critical editions. EDMAC has its own OTR, however, which 
> makes it difficult to merely plug it in to ConTeXt or even LaTeX (though 
> there has been a recent port to LaTeX).
> 
> As soon as I finish my present book project this month (I'm really 
> behind-<) I'll be working on the critical edition business as well (I 
> have to finish a critical edition for Springer Verlag (formerly Kluwer) 
> this spring); maybe we can share notes and bother Hans together;-)

sounds ok to me; also keep in mind that much of what you want is already there!

Hans

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