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% language=uk
\startcomponent languages-numbering
\environment languages-environment
\startchapter[title=Numbering][color=darkgreen]
\startsection[title=Introduction]
Numbering is complex and in \CONTEXT\ it's not easy either. This is because we
not only have 1, 2, 3 \unknown\ but also sub numbers like 1a, 1b, 1ic \unknown\
or 1.a, 1.b, 1.c \unknown\ There can be many levels, different separators, final
symbols. As we're talking languages we only discuss conversion here: the
mechanism that turns a number in for instance a letter. It happens that the
mapping from a number onto a letter is language dependent. The next lines show
how English, Spanish and Slovenian numbers:
\blank
\startpacked
\startcolor[maincolor]
\dontleavehmode
{\ttbf\mainlanguage[en]\dorecurse{28}
{\hbox to 1.5em{\convertnumber{alphabetic}{#1}\hss}}}\par
\dontleavehmode
{\ttbf\mainlanguage[es]\dorecurse{28}
{\hbox to 1.5em{\convertnumber{alphabetic}{#1}\hss}}}\par
\dontleavehmode
{\ttbf\mainlanguage[sl]\dorecurse{28}
{\hbox to 1.5em{\convertnumber{alphabetic}{#1}\hss}}}\par
\stopcolor
\stoppacked
\blank
You convert a number into a letter with:
\starttyping
\convertnumber{alphabetic}{15}
\stoptyping
There is also \type {\uconvertnumber} which does not expand unless typesetting
is going on. Normally you don't need to bother about this.
The \type {alphabetic} converter adapts to the current main language. When a
language has no special alphabet, the regular 26 characters are used.
A converter can also convert to a roman numeral, a language specific ordered
list, a day or month, an ordinal string and again there can be a language
specific conversion. The general conversion macro takes a conversion name and
a number. When a conversion can be set (for instance in an itemized list, or in
section numbering) you can use these names. You can define additional
converters if needed, as long as the converter can handle a number.
\starttyping
\defineconversion [alphabetic] [\alphabeticnumerals]
\stoptyping
Here \type {\alphabeticnumerals} is a converter. If you look into the source of
\CONTEXT\ you will see that many converters are calling out to \LUA, where we
have implemented those specific conversions. The following table has long and
short names. The short one are historic.
\starttabulate
\FL
\NC month \NC \type {\monthlong} \NC \NR
\NC month:mnem \NC \type {\monthshort} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC character \NC \type {\character} \NC \NR
\NC Character \NC \type {\Character} \NC \NR
\NC characters \NC \type {\characters} \NC \NR
\NC Characters \NC \type {\Characters} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC AK \NC \type {\smallcappedcharacters} \NC \NR
\NC KA \NC \type {\smallcappedcharacters} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC alphabetic a \NC \type {\alphabeticnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC Alphabetic A \NC \type {\Alphabeticnumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC number numbers n \NC \type {\numbers} \NC \NR
\NC Numbers N \NC \type {\Numbers} \NC \NR
\NC mediaeval m \NC \type {\mediaeval} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC word words \NC \type {\verbosenumber} \NC \NR
\NC Word Words \NC \type {\VerboseNumber} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC ordinal \NC \type {\ordinalnumber} \NC \NR
\NC Ordinal \NC \type {\Ordinalnumber} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC romannumerals i r \NC \type {\romannumerals} \NC \NR
\NC Romannumerals I R \NC \type {\Romannumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC o \NC \type {\oldstylenumerals} \NC \NR
\NC O \NC \type {\oldstylenumerals} \NC \NR
\NC or \NC \type {\oldstyleromannumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC KR \NC \type {\smallcappedromannumerals} \NC \NR
\NC RK \NC \type {\smallcappedromannumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC greek g \NC \type {\greeknumerals} \NC \NR
\NC Greek G \NC \type {\Greeknumerals} \NC \NR
\NC mathgreek \NC \type {\mathgreek} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC abjadnumerals \NC \type {\abjadnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC abjadnodotnumerals \NC \type {\abjadnodotnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC abjadnaivenumerals \NC \type {\abjadnaivenumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC thainumerals \NC \type {\thainumerals} \NC \NR
\NC devanagarinumerals \NC \type {\devanagarinumerals} \NC \NR
\NC gurmurkhinumerals \NC \type {\gurmurkhinumerals} \NC \NR
\NC gujaratinumerals \NC \type {\gujaratinumerals} \NC \NR
\NC tibetannumerals \NC \type {\tibetannumerals} \NC \NR
\NC greeknumerals \NC \type {\greeknumerals} \NC \NR
\NC Greeknumerals \NC \type {\Greeknumerals} \NC \NR
\NC arabicnumerals \NC \type {\arabicnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC persiannumerals \NC \type {\persiannumerals} \NC \NR
\NC arabicexnumerals \NC \type {\arabicexnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC arabicdecimals \NC \type {\arabicdecimals} \NC \NR
\NC persiandecimals \NC \type {\persiandecimals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC koreannumerals kr \NC \type {\koreannumerals} \NC \NR
\NC koreanparenthesisnumerals kr-p \NC \type {\koreanparenthesisnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC koreancirclenumerals kr-c \NC \type {\koreancirclenumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC chinesenumerals cn \NC \type {\chinesenumerals} \NC \NR
\NC chinesecapnumerals cn-c \NC \type {\chinesecapnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC chineseallnumerals cn-a \NC \type {\chineseallnumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC sloveniannumerals \NC \type {\sloveniannumerals} \NC \NR
\NC slovenianNumerals \NC \type {\slovenianNumerals} \NC \NR
\ML
\NC spanishnumerals \NC \type {\spanishnumerals} \NC \NR
\NC spanishNumerals \NC \type {\spanishNumerals} \NC \NR
\LR
\stoptabulate
The \type {alphabetic} and \type {Alphabetic} converters adapt to slovenian and
spanish as do their small capped alternatives. There are more general helpers for it
too:
\starttyping
\languagecharacters{number}
\languageCharacters{number}
\stoptyping
Also language related is the \type {\continuednumber} macro. Here we see an
application:
\startbuffer
1 \continuednumber{1}
1, 2 \continuednumber{2}
1, 2, 3 \continuednumber{3}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
What renders as:
\startlines[color=maincolor]
\getbuffer
\stoplines
Such a macro is typically used in combination with counters ant it just typesets
a label text depending on the valu ebeing non|-|zero.
\startbuffer
\setuplabeltext[en][continued={and so on}]
1, 2, 3 \continuednumber{3}
1, 2, 3 \convertnumber{continued}{3}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
This gives:
\startlines[color=maincolor]
\getbuffer
\stoplines
In the rare case that you want to check if a conversion is defined you can use
\starttyping
\doifelseconversiondefined{name}{true}{false}
\stoptyping
So,
\startbuffer
\doifelseconversiondefined{characters}{we can convert}{forget about it}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
Gives:
\startlines[color=maincolor]
\getbuffer
\stoplines
There are also some non language related converters that we mention here for
completeness:
\blank
\type {set 0}: \startcolor[maincolor]\dorecurse{20}{\convertnumber{set 0}{#1} }\stopcolor\par
\type {set 1}: \startcolor[maincolor]\dorecurse{20}{\convertnumber{set 1}{#1} }\stopcolor\par
\type {set 2}: \startcolor[maincolor]\dorecurse{20}{\convertnumber{set 2}{#1} }\stopcolor\par
\type {set 3}: \startcolor[maincolor]\dorecurse{20}{\convertnumber{set 3}{#1} }\stopcolor\par
\blank
When a set overruns we start again at the first element.
The ordinal converter produces output like \color [maincolor] {\convertnumber
{ordinal}{123}} and \color [maincolor] {\convertnumber {ordinal}{654}}. The
corresponding string renderer is \type {\highordinalstr}.
% quite limited currently op not documented here:
%
% \wordtonumber{two}{3}
% \wordtonumber{fivethousand}{unknown}
\stopsection
\startsection[title=Dates]
Dates are also language dependent. The following macros take a number and return
the name of the month or day.
\starttabulate
\NC \type {\monthlong } \NC \monthlong {10} \NC \NR
\NC \type {\monthshort} \NC \monthshort{10} \NC \NR
\NC \type {\MONTH } \NC \MONTH {10} \NC \NR
\NC \type {\MONTHLONG } \NC \MONTHLONG {10} \NC \NR
\NC \type {\MONTHSHORT} \NC \MONTHSHORT{10} \NC \NR
\NC \type {\weekday } \NC \weekday {5} \NC \NR
\NC \type {\WEEKDAY } \NC \WEEKDAY {5} \NC \NR
\stoptabulate
The current date can be typeset with \type {\currentdate} and a
specific date with \type {\date}, for instance:
\startbuffer
\currentdate[weekday,day,month,year]
\currentdate[WEEKDAY,day,MONTH,year]
\date[d=12,m=12,y=1998][weekday]
\date[d=12,m=12,y=1998]
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
\startlines[color=maincolor]
\getbuffer
\stoplines
Possible elements of the specification are:
\starttabulate
\FL
\NC + ord \NC ordinal suffix \NC \NR
\NC ++ highord \NC high ordinal suffix \NC \NR
\ML
\NC mnem: \NC mnemonic prefix \NC \NR
\ML
\NC Y y year \NC year 4 digits \NC \NR
\NC yy \NC year 2 digits \NC \NR
\ML
\NC M \NC month 1 or 2 digits \NC \NR
\NC mm \NC month 2 digits \NC \NR
\ML
\NC D \NC day 1 or 2 digits \NC \NR
\NC dd \NC day 2 digits \NC \NR
\ML
\NC W \NC 1 digit \NC \NR
\ML
\NC month m \NC language dependent (can be mnemonic) \NC \NR
\NC day d \NC language dependent \NC \NR
\NC weekday w \NC language dependent \NC \NR
\ML
\NC MONTH \NC month uppercased \NC \NR
\NC WEEKDAY \NC weekday uppercased \NC \NR
\ML
\NC referral \NC YYYMMDD \NC \NR
\ML
\NC space \\ \NC space \NC \NR
\NC <word> \NC word \NC \NR
\LL
\stoptabulate
There are also some converters built in (more can be added), for instance:
\startbuffer
The current {\em gregorian} date \currentdate [month, day, {, }, year] is
in {\em jalali} \currentdate [jalali:to, month, day, {, }, year] but we
can also as a specific one, so {\em jalali} \date [y=1395, m=4, d=18]
[month, day, {, }, year] is {\em gregorian} \date [y=1395, m=4, d=18]
[jalali:from, month, day, {, }, year].
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower
For time we have \type {\currenttime} and here the specification is just an \type
{h}, \type {m} and whatever connects them. Both date and time are
pre|-|configured in the language definition file \type {lang-def}.
\stopsection
% \startsection[title=Counters]
%
% \stopsection
\stopchapter
\stopcomponent
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