Julian,I looked more carefully at the ConTeXt publications manual, and there is a cleaner way to handle the parentheses as part of the citation itself.
|lefttext| and |righttext| add material to the individual citation entry, whereas |left| and |right| delimit the citation as a whole. So could you try:
\cite
[alternative=author,
left={(},
right={)},
righttext={{, ca. 350 BCE/2009}}]
[main::aristotle2009ethics]
This should produce:
(Aristotle, ca. 350 BCE/2009)
The double braces around |righttext| are intentional because the added
text contains a comma.
Best//JP Le 17/08/2026 à 11:16, jbf a écrit :
Before retiring for the night I have quickly checked out your suggestion (and don't worry about the change of date to 2009, since this is the real date I need to deal with):[alternative=author, righttext={{ca. 350 BCE/2009}}] [main::aristotle2009ethics] produces: Aristotle ca. 350 BCE/2009Nearly there, so to get parentheses around it and produce (Aristotle, ca. 350 BCE/2009), this is how I treated the entire paragraph where the citation appears:Aristotle understood that character is formed through repeated action. We become just or unjust, courageous or cowardly, temperate or self-indulgent through what we repeatedly choose and practise (\cite[alternative=author, righttext={{ca. 350 BCE/2009}}][main::aristotle2009ethics]). Actions become habits, habits shape character, and character influences what becomes easier or harder to perceive and choose. Human beings remain capable of change, but freedom gradually acquires a history.Julian On 17/8/26 17:35, Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context wrote:No problem at all, Julian — take your time. Translation work has a way of absorbing the whole day! I’ll be interested to hear what you get from the test when you have a chance to try it.Have a good evening. JP Le 17/08/2026 à 09:07, jbf a écrit :Caught up in other work right now JP (translation), and already evening here, so it might be tomorrow before I can get back to this. I'll let you know how it goes.Julian___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :[email protected] /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 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :[email protected] /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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