From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41815 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:08:32 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <20080619230550.GA22913@khaled-laptop> <20080620151638.GB15208@khaled-laptop> <485BD43F.2000502@wxs.nl> <20080620175534.GA23756@khaled-laptop> <485C00BC.5050906@wxs.nl> <20080621011157.GA7373@khaled-laptop> <20080621025116.GA12911@khaled-laptop> 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: ger.gmane.org 1214017838 7343 80.91.229.12 (21 Jun 2008 03:10:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:10:38 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 21 05:11:21 2008 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 1K9tVV-0007He-OQ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:11:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE721FC06; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:10:26 +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 12160-04-4; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:09:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431051FBB9; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:09:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513B51FBC1 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:09:26 +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 15455-02-4 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:08:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id E54E21FBB9 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:08:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 27082 invoked by uid 1006); 21 Jun 2008 03:08:45 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(0.1/100.0):. Processed in 0.234602 secs); 21 Jun 2008 03:08:45 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.2) by -v with SMTP; 21 Jun 2008 03:08:45 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 7439 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2008 03:08:43 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.82.252) by -v with SMTP; 21 Jun 2008 03:08:43 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20080621025116.GA12911@khaled-laptop> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.24 (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:41815 Archived-At: On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:51:16 -0600, Khaled Hosny wrote: >> > Good point. I'll try to find a conversion algorithm... >> >> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/datetime/hijrigregorianclass.aspx > > The guy here claims to have a better algorithm than others > http://ojuba.org/wiki/doku.php/hijra/, it is written completely in > python. I didn't compare it with others myself, though. Well, since we're not using it for long-term historical ranges -- and we'll need to be able to advance/reverse it a couple of days no matter the algorithm, then I say let's go with whatever is easiest for hans to read ;-) Could you evaluate a couple and make a recommendation? Salaam Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________