From: Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: index "compress" option / collapsing of page numbers
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 14:54:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AB3B992F-EDD6-415B-B55D-E36B036AD4D2@fiee.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e17137d9-f8dc-07e4-e26b-ad259fb717cb@xs4all.nl>
Am 2019-04-03 um 13:30 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
> On 4/3/2019 10:56 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>> Am 2019-04-02 um 18:53 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
>>> On 4/2/2019 11:54 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>>>> Ahoi,
>>>> with \setupregister[compress=yes], index entries 1,2,3,4 become 1–4. That’s great.
>>>> But (at least in German publications) it’s usual that 1,2 becomes 1f. and 1,2,3 becomes 1ff.
>>>> Is it possible to configure it that way?
>>> it should not be too hard to program but, it being german problem:
>>>
>>> - you have to come up with an example
>>> - wolfgang has to come up with a proper keyword (compress=?)
>>>
>> Thank you – it’s not only a German habit, even if we pronounce it “folgende”, “f.” stems from Latin “folio”, and “ff.” is a duplicated abbreviation, as was usual in mediaeval Latin.
>> So, this is at least used in English, German, Norwegian and Swedish, as far as I could find. In French they seem to use “sq.” and “sqq.” (sequens).
>> https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/ff.
>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ff.
>> https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/sq.
>> I suggest the following setup options:
>> compress = no —> don’t collapse (as now)
>> compress = yes —> always use – (as now)
>> compresssymbols={\,f.,\,ff.} (or how can you setup a list?)
>> compress = symbols —> use first symbol for one other page, second for more pages
>> if there’s only one symbol, more than one sequential page should use – (like “yes”)
>> Is this feasible?
>
> i'll add
>
> \setuplabeltext % predefined
> [en]
> [following:singular=f.,
> following:plural=ff.]
>
> \setupregister[index][compress=text]
Great! Thank you!
I’ll document it.
Greetlings, Hraban
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-02 9:54 Henning Hraban Ramm
2019-04-02 16:53 ` Hans Hagen
2019-04-03 8:56 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2019-04-03 9:25 ` Ulrike Fischer
2019-04-03 9:41 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2019-04-03 9:50 ` Herbert Voss
2019-04-03 11:30 ` Hans Hagen
2019-04-03 12:54 ` Henning Hraban Ramm [this message]
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