Dear Pablo Many thanks - that's most useful. I have tended to look online for manuals etc. but realize now that much of what I seek will already be embedded in the distribution itself.
Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Tue, 2 Sept 2025 at 15:50, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > On 9/2/25 10:42, John Was wrote: > > Dear list > > > > Is there a list of languages that have hyphenation (etc.) support in > > ConTexT? > > Dear John, > > copied from the wiki, you may generate the list yourself with: > > \usemodule[languages-system] > \starttext > \loadinstalledlanguages > \showinstalledlanguages > \stoptext > > The distribution also contains a `languages-mkiv.pdf` (direct link to > the list of available languages: > https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/languages-mkiv.pdf#page=7). > > > I can probably guess most of what I need, though I seem to > > recall some discussion about the preferred code for ancient Greek (was > > it \agr?). > > The command for ancient Greek is `\agr`. Recently (only for PDF/UA > tagging purposes), we added "grc", but only as ISO 639-3 code value. > > If there has been a discussion about other commands for ancient Greek, > I’m afraid I cannot recall it. > > > A list would be helpful for less obvious contexts (e.g. > > typesetting German according to the older rules, which is occasionally > > needed). > `\deo` was a command not that long ago, but now it isn’t available. So > you would need `\language[deo]`. The BCP-47 code value is "de-1901" > (just in case it might be relevant for you). > > I hope 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 / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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