From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41828 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:38:25 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <20080620151638.GB15208@khaled-laptop> <485BD43F.2000502@wxs.nl> <20080620175534.GA23756@khaled-laptop> <485C00BC.5050906@wxs.nl> <20080621011157.GA7373@khaled-laptop> <20080621025116.GA12911@khaled-laptop> <20080621200224.GA29893@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 1214098814 8043 80.91.229.12 (22 Jun 2008 01:40:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:40:14 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Jun 22 03:40:58 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 1KAEZc-000579-HN for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:40:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 400471FBC9; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:40:03 +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 18382-09-9; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:39:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64AA61FB6B; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:39:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E06DC1FB6B for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:39:21 +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 18382-09-8 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:38:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 23DA61FB5A for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:38:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 883 invoked by uid 1006); 22 Jun 2008 01:38:39 -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 0.198064 secs); 22 Jun 2008 01:38:39 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.4) by -v with SMTP; 22 Jun 2008 01:38:38 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 1108 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2008 01:38:33 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.82.252) by -v with SMTP; 22 Jun 2008 01:38:33 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20080621200224.GA29893@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:41828 Archived-At: On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:02:24 -0600, Khaled Hosny wrote: >> 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 >> ;-) > > I think Umm al-Qura algorithm is more tested and is the one officially > used in Saudi Arabia, but I can't find any technical details about it, > though Arabeyes's ITL implements it How did you implement it without the technical details? I guess I'm not quite understanding... Can you find it and pass it alon? > and is giving me correct results so > far (unlike the Hijra algorithm). EMACS one seems to be widely used too, > but its ITL implementation gives me incorrect dates some times How incorrect? I have a friend who specializes in Islamic astronomy and I'll ask him about this as well. Best wishes 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________