Command/defineconversion

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\defineconversion

Summary

The command \defineconversion is used to define a representation of numbers for numbered elements like itemizations and headers.


Settings

\defineconversion[...][...][...]
[...]language
[...]name
[...]csname

Settings list

\defineconversion[...][...][...,...]
[...]language
[...]name
[...,...]text

Description

Predefined conversions (selection):
a \characters
A \Characters
AK \cap\characters
KA \cap\characters
n \numbers
N \Numbers
m \mediaeval
i \romannumerals
I \Romannumerals
r \romannumerals
R \Romannumerals
KR \cap\romannumerals
RK \cap\romannumerals
g \greeknumerals
G \Greeknumerals
o \oldstylenumerals
O \oldstylenumerals
or \oldstyleromannumerals

or

default depends, mostly “Arabic” numbers
n, N numbers “Arabic” numbers (difference?)
zero “Arabic” numbers, starting with 0
o Mediaeval numbers (oldstyle, \os)
a, A alphabetic Latin characters (lower/upper)
AK = KA Latin small caps
sloveniannumerals, slovenianNumerals Slovenian characters (Latin with č, lower/upper)
spanishnumerals, spanishNumerals Spanish characters (Latin with ñ, lower/upper)
russiannumerals, russianNumerals Russian characters (Cyrillic lower/upper)
i = r, I = R romannumerals Roman numbers (lower/upper)
RK = KR Roman numbers in small caps
or Roman numbers with continuous lines
g, G greeknumerals Greek characters (lower/upper)
mathgreek Greek lowercase characters from the math font
hebrewnumerals, yiddishnumerals Hebrew/Yiddish numbers
month, month:mnem Month names (full/abbreviated)
set 0 Symbol set for itemizations
set 1 ... set 3 Symbol sets for footnotes
empty, none
continued always “(continued)”
words, Words Numbers as words (lower/upper), so far only English

There are many more options, e.g. for Arabic, CJK and other languages/scripts; all the character conversions are language dependent.

Examples

Define new conversion set

  • \defineconversion[inventory][<3,!,\math{\therefore},?]
    
    Four are the things I'd been better without:
    \startitemize[inventory, packed][stopper=, width=2em]
        \item Love,
        \item curiosity,
        \item freckles,
        \item and doubt.
    \stopitemize
    \leftaligned{---Dorothy Parker, \quote{Inventory} (fragment)}
    

Change numbering in itemize to '(i)', '(ii)', ...

  • \defineconversion[bracketroman][(\romannumerals]
    
    Three be the things I shall never attain:
    \startitemize[bracketroman, packed][stopper=), width=2em]
        \item Envy,
        \item content, and
        \item sufficient champagne.
    \stopitemize
    \leftaligned{---Dorothy Parker, \quote{Inventory} (fragment)}
    

Conversion set of stars

  • \defineconversion[starred][\m{*},\m{**},\m{***}] % Math mode gives better spacing, thus \m{...}
    
    \startitemize[starred,packed][stopper=,width=2.5em]
        \item First,
        \item second,
        \item third.
    \stopitemize
    

Conversion for numbers with leading zeros

  • \startluacode
    interfaces.implement {
        name      = "FourDigits",
        public    = true,
        arguments = "string",
        actions   = function(s) context("%04d",tonumber(s)) end
    }
    \stopluacode
    
    \defineconversion [FourDigits] [\FourDigits]
    
    \setuphead[chapter][conversion=FourDigits]
    
    \startchapter [title={Chapter}] \stopchapter
    

(By Wolfgang Schuster, 2023-01-01)

Notes

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