Hi Hans... \unknown is cryptic; why not just... \ellipsis? That's what it is after all, and it's immediately obvious, easier to remember, etc....-) (at least as an official synonym...) Note that you could also have \setupellipsis: '...' is the most prevalent but not the only form it can take. '***' and \emdash are apparent alternatives... Bringhurst's discussion on ellipsis rules might help with creating typographical options... French and English have different rules, for example... ...Best ...Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:48:39 -0600
"Idris Samawi Hamid"
Hi Hans...
\unknown
is cryptic; why not just...
\ellipsis? That's what it is after all, and it's immediately obvious, easier to remember, etc....-)
(at least as an official synonym...)
Hi Idris, text \textellipsis
Note that you could also have \setupellipsis: '...' is the most prevalent but not the only form it can take. '***' and \emdash are apparent alternatives...
you can use \periods\ or \periods[2] or \periods[5] ... you can also change the distance of the dots with \def\periodswidth {...} (default value: 0.5em) and the default number auf dots with the commands \def\periodsdefault{...} (default value: 3). Hans, is it possible to make also a definition for the sign used by \periods to write something like \starts and get ***.
Bringhurst's discussion on ellipsis rules might help with creating typographical options... French and English have different rules, for example...
...Best ...Idris
Wolfgang
Hi, Found a bug; \placecontent etc. does not work with these start-stops... ======================= \starttext \placecontent \startchapter[ref=knuth,title=Knuth] \input knuth \at{Page}[knuth] Text\footnote[one]{First footnote} text Text \startfootnote[two] Second footnote \stopfootnote text Text \startfootnote Third footnote \stopfootnote text see \in{footnote}[one] or \in{footnote}[two] %\unknown \let\ellipsis=\unknown \ellipsis \stopchapter \chapter{Test} \stoptext ======================= log: ======================= ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \? ?se \??se \v!chapter \c!title \getvalue #1->\csname #1 \endcsname \listtextcommand #1->\begstrut #1 \endstrut \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...{\??se \??se \v!chapter \c!title }}} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 ... l.25 ...hapter \c!title }}{2--0-1-0-0-0-0-0--1}{1} ======================= don't know if this is fatal but thought you would want to know. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
That was supposed to be private to Wolfgang, sorry...
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:07:49 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi,
-- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
Hi Hans...
\unknown
well, not all fonts have elipses -) i use \unknown as placeholder for something (yet) unknown 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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