On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:26:47AM +0200, Vincent Hennebert via ntg-context wrote:
On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 10:23 +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
On 8/11/2021 10:09 AM, Otared Kavian via ntg-context wrote:
On 9 Aug 2021, at 18:10, Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
wrote: (…) core-con.lua (line 1155): local ordinals = { [...] french = function(n) if n == 1 then return "er" + else + return "e" end end, }
Hi Wolfgang,
Thanks for the example and the fix, but I would rather think that the « french » part of ordinals should be
french = function(n) if n == 1 then return « er" else return « ème" end end,
Now if this were not accepted as a fix in core-con.lua, is there a way for a user to change the default to the above choice in his document ?
it is no problem to fix if you all can agree on what/how to fix ...
The purpose of abbreviations is, well, to abbreviate. Even though ‘ème’ is seen a lot, it’s wrong because it’s too long. Source (pretty official): https://www.academie-francaise.fr/abreviations-des-adjectifs-numeraux
So for numbers starting from 3 the proper abbreviation is ‘e’.
For 1 and 2 it’s more complicated, however, as it depends on the gender. For 1: * masculine: 1er * feminine: 1re
In addition for 2, and when the enumeration contains only 2 elements, there is the option to use the older word ‘second(e)’: * masculine: 2d * feminine: 2de
For 3 elements and above, we always use the newer word ‘deuxième’, which is abbreviated in the form of the generic ‘e’.
While that rule is optional, people who use tools like ConTeXt are likely to pay attention to that kind of details and will probably want to use it.
Finally, we have to add an ‘s’ to all the abbreviations if the plural is needed (the 1st (1ers) elements, the 2nd (2ds or 2es) elements, etc., vs the 1st (1er) element, 2nd (2d or 2e) element…).
Now, can all those subtleties be coded in a function? :)
Vincent
Bravo! Comme un professeur! Best wishes, Rudolf