From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/34281 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: \unknown Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:48:39 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176652147 28362 80.91.229.12 (15 Apr 2007 15:49:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:49:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: "Hans Hagen" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Apr 15 17:49:00 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hd6yK-0004NT-0p for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:49:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5215820197; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:48:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04596-02; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:48:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B272320176; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:48:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBC920177 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:48:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03702-05-5 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:48:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 6198C20176 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:48:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 28750 invoked by uid 1006); 15 Apr 2007 15:48:41 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(0.0/100.0):. Processed in 0.712196 secs); 15 Apr 2007 15:48:41 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.7) by -v with SMTP; 15 Apr 2007 15:48:40 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 28570 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2007 15:48:38 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO walayah-main) (75.104.81.191) by -v with SMTP; 15 Apr 2007 15:48:38 -0000 User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.10 (Win32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:34281 Archived-At: Hi Hans... \unknown is cryptic; why not just... \ellipsis? That's what it is after all, and it's immediately obvious, easier to remember, etc....-) (at least as an official synonym...) Note that you could also have \setupellipsis: '...' is the most prevalent but not the only form it can take. '***' and \emdash are apparent alternatives... Bringhurst's discussion on ellipsis rules might help with creating typographical options... French and English have different rules, for example... ...Best ...Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/