Am 29.03.2012 um 09:34 schrieb Hans Hagen:
> On 28-3-2012 23:48, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>
>> As we’re now talking about \definestructure… I have a new request, can’t you
>> change (or provide alternatives names) all the new counter commands from
>> …structurecounter… (\definestructurecounter, \rawstructurecounter,
>> \convertedstructurecounter etc.) to …counter… (e.g. \definecounter
>> \rawcounter, \convertedcounter).
>
> we already have
>
> \let \definenumber \definestructurecounter % [name]
> \let \setupnumber \setupstructurecounter % [name][setups]
>
> \let \setnumber \setstructurecounter % [name]{value}
> \let \resetnumber \resetstructurecounter % [name]
> \let \savenumber \savestructurecounter % [name]
> \let \restorenumber \restorestructurecounter % [name]
> \let \incrementnumber \incrementstructurecounter % [name]
> \let \decrementnumber \decrementstructurecounter % [name]
> \let \rawnumber \rawstructurecounter % [name]
> \let \getnumber \getstructurecounter % [name]
> \let \convertednumber \getstructurecounter % [name]
>
> \let \doifdefinednumber \doifstructurecounter % {number}{true}
> \let \doifundefinednumber \doifnotstructurecounter % {number}{true}
> \let \doifdefinednumberelse \doifstructurecounterelse % {number}{true}{false}
>
> \let \setupnumbering \setupstructurecountering
>
> and three synonyms is a bit too much ... best is to decide on the main one
> and then provide a synonym for a while for backward compatibility
To many names aren’t a good solution but when I have to make a decision I would
choose \definecounter because it’s the name which makes more sense. The only
thing (besides backward compatibility) is the \makecounter mechanism which use
the following commands:
\makecounter{...}
\countervalue{...}
\pluscounter{...}
\minuscounter{...}
\resetcounter{...}
\setcounter{…}{…}
\savecounter{...}
\restorecounter{…}
If the \definenumber commands are changed this mechanism can’t exist anymore
but do we really need 4 different counter mechanism (\newcount, \newcounter,
\makecounter and \definenumber/\definestructurecounter) in ConTeXt?
Wolfgang
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