My simple MWE:
\defineregister[bibcit]
\setupregister[bibcit][%
indicator=no,
before=]
text... \bibcit[a]{Gen 3:6 (MAC) }Gen 3:6....
(and so one for each Genesis reference, then moving on to Leviticus with
[b] etc.)
In other words, I have used the key option [] using the alphabet to
change the order, with Genesis as [a], Exodus [b], Leviticus [c], and so on.
Problem 1: there are 26 letters in the English alphabet. There are many
more biblical books (OT and NT) than 26, so what do I do when I reach z?
Problem 2: the (MAC) would not normally be required in any biblical
citation, but in my case it is, as well as (PER), (PRO) and several
other references. In other words, these indicate where, in a set of
documents, the particular citations are to be found. But I think they
may affect the order of citations, so, for example, I get the following
results for the first four books of the Bible:
Gen 3:6 (MAC) 120
Gen 4:2-8 (MAC) 123
Gen 39:6-20 (MAG) 127
Gen 17:1 (PES) 137
Gen 18:27 (PES) 140
Gen 28:10-12 (PES) 141
Ex 20:12 (MAG) 129
Lev 6:5-6 (PES) 136
Deut 6:5 (PES) 145
Lam 3:27 (MAG) 129
Notice that Gen 39:6-20 is out of order in terms of chapters and verses.
It should come after Gen 28:10-12 (PES) but I do not know how to control
that order. It may be that (MAG), which comes after (MAC) in
alphabetical terms, is controlling the order, rather than chapter and
verse which I really want to control the order.
I realise this is complicated, but I'm sure ConTeXt is up to it. I've
got the basics right for getting at least 26 books in some sort of
order, but after that??
Julian
On 15/4/21 6:08 pm, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 4/14/2021 11:16 PM, jbf wrote:
I am wondering if anyone has had to set up a register (index) for
biblical citations, where the order is not alphabetical but the order
of the biblical books themselves, so, for example, citations from
Genesis (e.g. Gen 1:1; Gen 6:4; Ex 15:2; Deut 12:8 etc. etc). I am
not at all sure how to achieve this.
best make some MWE and explain what you expect
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