I just started switching after long years of typesetting with
La-/Omega-/pdfTeX to Context and was exploring the capabilities of the
program for typesetting critical editions. So I was
wondering whether there is any updated information on how to produce
critical editions?
Details:
I was able to find the article "Ediciones críticas con ConTeXt" (is
this in use?) as well as a
plan of and a remark concerning critTeXt: "As I learned from a thread
on NTG-context from early 2010 we shouldn't expect a dedicated
package, but that ConTeXt will eventually incorporate the needed
functionalities." What is the status of that?
I also found out that for simple editions context already works. For
critical editions in my
field we need both footnote references based on linenumbers (for
prose), but also references to
verse number, which can be entered manually. The main problem for me
was to find the command \linenote :)
% Setup of \linenote
\setupnotation[linenote]
[alternative=serried,width=broad,distance=.5em,display=no]
\setupnote[linenote][way=bypage,paragraph=yes,rule=off]
% \variant as a footnote without reference number
\definenote [variant] [footnote]
\setupnotation[variant][number=no]
\setupnote[variant][way=bypage,paragraph=yes,rule=off]
% Two "environments" for Sanskrit verses, one with, one without
linenumbers.
% SANSKRIT EDITION linenumbers
\definelines[slokaed][][indenting={yes, small, even},
before=\startnarrower\startlinenumbering,after=\stoplinenumbering\stopnarrower]
% SANSKRIT EDITION plain (referring to verses)
\definelines[slokaedplain][][indenting={yes, small, even},
before=\startnarrower,after=\stopnarrower]
With this the code of the edition can be pleasently minimalistic:
\startslokaed
mano buddhir ahaṃ prāṇās tanmātrendriyajīvanam
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā\linenote{dṛṣṭvā ] dṛṣṭva G\lohi{pc}{1}} vinivartante tam
\linenote{tam ] tat} upāsyam upāsmahe}
\stopslokaed
\startslokaedplain
mano buddhir ahaṃ prāṇās tanmātrendriyajīvanam
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā\variant{2c dṛṣṭvā ] dṛṣṭva} vinivartante tam \variant{2d
tam ] tat} upāsyam upāsmahe (2)
\stopslokaedplain
So far, so good. Any hints to a more sophisticated solution are highly
welcome. (I am a simple TeX
user)
Thanks
Jürgen
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Prof. Dr. Juergen Hanneder
Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
FG Indologie u. Tibetologie
Deutschhausstr.12
35032 Marburg
Germany
Tel. 0049-6421-28-24930
hanne...@staff.uni-marburg.de
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