Re: [NTG-context] critical editions in context / arabtex

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:30:38 +0100, Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:

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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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------