If I could jump in here: after the "ca." there appears a "intersentence" length of about two spaces. I had this same issue using "vs." causing this. The solution was to do "vs.\null\ rest of sentence." Note the space after the second "\". I don't know if you can place a command in the "righttext" option, but I think it's going to be an issue.
Hope this helps. Kirk On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context < [email protected]> wrote: > 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/2009 > > Nearly 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Kirk E. Lowery, PhD
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