[NTG-context] Two requests for new btx subsystem

21 Oct 2017

      Two improvement requests for the new bibliography subsystem:

 1. Tag titles (and subtitles) with the language explicitly provided in
    the bib entry.
 2. Add editor and translator to fields supported in \cite[field][tag].

An example follows. It shows that the title generated by the 
\cite[title][tag] does not have an associated language, even though the 
bib entry specifies one and the publications manual indicates that this 
is intended for the rendering and hyphenation of the title. It is 
apparently used for that in the bibliography, but it is needed as well 
in the text. (And yes, /Formenwandlungen/ does have the same hyphenation 
points in both German and English; this was just a convenient example.)

It also shows that [translator] is not inserted into the text.

*NOTE* that when \cite[editor][tag] is attempted (and present in the bib 
entry) compilation halts with the Lua error no string to print, but 
continues to completion when allowed.

      \mainlanguage[en]

      \startbuffer[TestBib]
         @BOOK{Tschichold1953,
           author       = {Jan Tschichold},
           title        = {Formenwandlungen der \&-Zeichen},
           year         = {1953},
           publisher    = {D. Stempelag},
           address      = {Frankfurt am Main},
           language     = {german},
         }
         @BOOK{Plaat1957,
           author       = {Jan Tschichold},
           translator   = {Frederick Plaat},
           title        = {The Ampersand: Its origin and development},
           year         = {1957},
           publisher    = {Woudhuysen},
           address      = {London},
           note         = {Translation by F.\ Plaat of
    \cite{Tschichold1953}.},
         }
      \stopbuffer

      \loadbtxdefinitionfile[apa]
      \usebtxdataset        [TestBib]
                            [TestBib.buffer]
      \definebtxrendering   [TestBib]
                            [apa]
                            [dataset=TestBib]

      \setupspellchecking   [state=start,
                             method=3]
      \definecolor          [word:de]
                            [r=.85]

      \starttext
          \startparagraph
              \cite[title][TestBib::Plaat1957]
              is a translation by \cite[translator][TestBib::Plaat1957]
              of \cite[title][TestBib::Tschichold1953]
              by \cite[author][TestBib::Tschichold1953].
          \stopparagraph
          \startparagraph
              {\it The Ampersand: Its origin and development}
              is a translation by Frederick Plaat
              of {\it\de Formenwandlungen der \&-Zeichen}
              by Jan Tschichold.
          \stopparagraph
          \blank[big]

          \placebtxrendering[TestBib][method=dataset]
      \stoptext

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Rik

[NTG-context] Two requests for new btx subsystem

Rik Kabel