Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.
It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a spelled-out chapter number in novels. Not finding a function to convert from a number register to a text string I created a brute force file that looks like this: ------------------------------ \def\chapstring{\ifcase\currentheadnumber\or One\or Two\or Three\or Four\or Five\or Six\or Seven\or Eight\or Nine\or Ten\or ... Ninety-eight\or Ninety-nine\else One hundred\fi} -------------------------------- This file enables authors to rearrange chapters without worrying about renumbering the chapters since it depends on \currentheadnumber. I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does this for me? If not, anyone who wants the complete file can write me for a copy. It might save you ten minutes or so :<) -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
On 2013–10–09 john Culleton wrote:
It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a spelled-out chapter number in novels.
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I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does this for me?
\setuplabeltext [chapter=Chapter\nobreakspace] \setuphead [chapter] [conversion=words] \starttext \startchapter [title=Alpha] \stopchapter \startchapter [title=Beta] \stopchapter \startchapter [title=Gamma] \stopchapter \stoptext Marco
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:43:49 +0200
Marco Patzer
On 2013–10–09 john Culleton wrote:
It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a spelled-out chapter number in novels.
[…]
I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does this for me?
\setuplabeltext [chapter=Chapter\nobreakspace]
\setuphead [chapter] [conversion=words]
\starttext \startchapter [title=Alpha] \stopchapter
\startchapter [title=Beta] \stopchapter
\startchapter [title=Gamma] \stopchapter \stoptext
Marco
Very interesting. I have one further problem. The accepted style is to use an initial cap as in Twenty-three and not twenty-three Is there a cure for that also? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
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