On 1/3/22 10:43 AM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote: > For the last two decades edmac and its further developments (now > reledmac) have become the standard for critical editions. In my > experience the basic requirements for typesetting critical editions > were and are: > > - footnotes have to be formatted in paragraphs > - multiple footnotes layers stacked below the critical text must be possible > - automatic reference to linenumbers > - or: manual references to verse numbers > - language specific requirements (more complicated, see below)
Hi Jürgen, not knowing which are the specific requirements for the language you use, I think all of these may be achieved in ConTeXt LMTX. > In the last years new requirements have been added: > > - some funding institutions in the academic world practically enforce > online editions > - data have to be made available in TEI xml format Sorry for asking the basic question: what are online editions? I mean, does uploading a PDF document count as an online edition? As you may already know, ConTeXt can deal with XML sources (see »Kritische Editionen mit TEI xml und ConTEXt« by Thomas Schmitz (2011) [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=72857]). ConTeXt might also output XML. But this is much harder in practice. All I know about it is what Hans wrote bout this. > This is why I was curious to see about the status of critical > edition in ConTeXt. I was hoping for something that can be kept > simple. Sorry, Jürgen, but from your statements it isn’t clear to me how ConTeXt can fit in you projects: simpler and more readable input code? > Absolutely. It would be great to see a Context solution for this. https://www.djdekker.net/ledmac/sample-edition3.pdf contains line numbers and margin notes. It can be done with ConTeXt. https://www.djdekker.net/ledmac/sample-edition2.pdf contains multiple apparatus below critical texts. It might require \setupnote[location=text]. https://www.djdekker.net/ledmac/sample-edition.pdf contains multiple apparatus at the bottom of the page. Just in case it might help, Pablo ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
