Re: [NTG-context] register for biblical citations

16 Apr 2021

      You are correct on both counts; it is not quite random (just not what I 
was looking for😁 ) and yes, the abbreviated book title needs to be in 
the mix as well, just in case it also ends up throwing things out. But, 
as you can see subsequently, each contribution is making things clearer 
(for me, not so accustomed to working with Lua code) and I have every 
confidence we will work this one out. For almost anyone using ConTeXt 
for preparing a book that includes such an index, and I believe it is 
normal for biblical citations to be listed according to biblical book 
order, at least, this is the author's request in my case, the ultimate 
solution will benefit such people in the future.

Julian

On 16/4/21 8:57 pm, r.ermers@hccnet.nl wrote:
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It seems that the items are actually not randomly listed.
It appears to me that the list is sorted on the chapter number, and then the verse number. The abbreviated book title is not involved in this sorting order, which it should be.
Robert
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Op 16 apr. 2021, om 12:22 heeft jbf  het volgende geschreven:
There was no mention of the indicator anywhere in what I copied from your example. I did try indicator=no just now in case it should be made explicit:
(\setupregister[bibcit][language=biblical,before=,indicator=no]
but that makes no difference either. Same result. Seemingly random index.
Julian
On 16/4/21 8:06 pm, Hans Hagen wrote:
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On 4/16/2021 11:47 AM, jbf wrote:
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Hans, thanks for your ingenious solution but there is still a way to go I suspect!
I implemented (copy-paste) precisely the solution offered and I get an index but with some strange results ! Notice that in my previous own solution (but only as far as 26 books!) I at least got an index in the order of the biblical books, but using the luacode you offered, I get a seemingly random result (see below).
I extended your example by a few books. so:
\startluacode
sorters.definitions["biblical"] = {
      method  = interfaces.variables.before,
      replacements = {
          { "Gen",  string.char(1) },
          { "Ex",   string.char(2) },
          { "Lev",  string.char(3) },
          { "Deut", string.char(4) },
          { "Lam",  string.char(5) },
          { "Dan",  string.char(6) },
          { "Joel",  string.char(7) },
          { "Ps",  string.char(8) },
          { "Prov",  string.char(9) },
          { "Sir",  string.char(10) },
          { "Mt",  string.char(11) },
          { "Mk",  string.char(12) },
},
}
\stopluacode
But the result I get (just showing you a dozen or so, and you will see that Gen doesn't even turn up in this list ... it does, but much later!):
Mk 2:19-20 with parallels (PES) 146
Mt 3:8-10 (PES) 135
Prov 3:11-12 (PES) 139, 172
Sir 4:17-18 (PES) 139
Mt 5:5 (PES) 146
Mt 5:6 (MAC) 123
Mt 5:16 (MAC) 121
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (MAC) 121
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (PES) 145
Mt 7:13-14 (PES) 146
Sir 10:9 (PES) 142
Mt 11:12 (PRO) 160
Mt 12:34 (MAC) 124, 137
Mt 12:36 (PES) 134
Mk 12:41-44 (MAC) 122
Sir 17:27 (PES) 142
I have no idea why this is happening. I changed nothing of what you gave me and removed anything I had previously. If you need an example of how \bibcit is being used in the text, just in case it helps (but I doubt it), here is one:
The widow’s mite pleased God because of her good intention, rather than the heap of money that the pharisees, urged on by self-love, threw into the treasury box (cf.  \bibcit{Mk 12:41-44 (MAC)}Mk 12:41-44).
So, not sure where to go from here. Could I perhaps return to my earlier question, which indicated that by using the keyword approach [a] [b] and so on, as far as [z] I was at least getting a passable result, but how could I continue past [z]? Could I have used [1], [2] etc which would allows me to get as far as 66 (if I were to need every biblical book)?
don't set the indicator
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