Hi, If there are a few special numberings of floats, and one wants floats numbered 1.6a and 1.6b, the following seems to work:
Best regards: Otared %%% begin ownnumber-in-floats.tex \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext \startsection[title=One] \startplacefigure[title=Test] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \stopsection \startsection[title=Two] \startplacefigure[title=Test] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \stopsection \setcounter[figure][5] % next figure is no.6 \startsection[ownnumber=10,title={A section}] \start \setupcaptions[numberstopper={a}] \startplacefigure[title=Test figure] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \stop \stopsection \setcounter[figure][5] \startsection[ownnumber=11,title={Another section}] % ownnumber doesn’t work \start \setupcaptions[numberstopper={b}] \startplacefigure[title=Test another figure] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \stop \startplacefigure[title=Test another figure] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \stopsection \stoptext %%% end ownnumber-in-floats.tex > On 24 Aug 2020, at 19:37, Henning Hraban Ramm <te...@fiee.net> wrote: > > > >> Am 24.08.2020 um 17:36 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster >> <wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com>: >> >> Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 24.08.2020 um 15:29: >>>> Am 23.08.2020 um 11:25 schrieb Duncan Hothersall <d...@capdm.com>: >>>> >>>> I think there was a question on this very recently but I don;t think it >>>> got an answer and I can't find it to reply to, so apologies for the extra >>>> noise. I have a large text with floats numbered sequentially by chapter >>>> and then figure/table number, but at the last minute I've had a request >>>> for two figures in a particular chapter to become 27.1a and 27.1b instead >>>> of 27.1 and 27.2. It's not a combination - they are separate figures on >>>> different pages. >>>> >>>> I've experimented with the options I can see, but it's not obvious if >>>> there is a facility to override the numbering of two figures in a stream >>>> of normally numbered figures like this. I was thinking of the equivalent >>>> of the old \sym{symbol} command that used to work as a way to override a >>>> single item in an otherwise sequential list. >>>> >>>> I guess there's a brute force method of setting up a new type of figure >>>> with the label "Figure 27.1" and having them numbered as lowercase alpha, >>>> but if there's an easier way that would be great. >>> I’m also interested in overriding automatical numbering, e.g. of chapters >>> or itemization items. >>> E.g. in my songbook, I’d like to have the verses numbered but interrupted >>> by a chorus numbered as "C" (i.e. "R" in German). >>> Similarly the paragraphs of some (by)laws that were changed a lot and use a >>> numbering like 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 7... >>> Something like >>> \startitem[number={R}] >>> or >>> \startsection[number={3a}] >>> would be nice. >>> If I set it to an integer, ConTeXt should set the counter accordingly, >>> otherwise continue counting from the previous calculated number. Would that >>> be possible? >> >> >> You can set your own section numbers but the counter isn't stopped. > > Thank you! I overlooked "ownnumber". It works for sections, but not for items > or floats. > > \setnumber[section][10] doesn’t work, \setcounter the same (according to the > source they’re synonymous) – does section use a different counter name or is > it no counter at all? > > \setnumber[figure][10] works (but only with integers, not some alphanumerical > stuff, sorry Duncan). > > Hraban > > > \useMPlibrary[dum] > > \starttext > > \startsection[title=One] > \startplacefigure[title=Test] > \externalfigure[dummy] > \stopplacefigure > \stopsection > > \startsection[title=Two] > \startplacefigure[title=Test] > \externalfigure[dummy] > \stopplacefigure > \stopsection > > \setcounter[figure][5] % next figure is no.6 > > \startsection[ownnumber=10,title=???] % ownnumber doesn’t work > \startplacefigure[title=Test,ownnumber=10] > \externalfigure[dummy] > \stopplacefigure > \stopsection > > \setcounter[section][5] % doesn’t work > > \startsection[title=Three] > \startitemize[n] > \item one > \item two > \item three > \startitem[ownnumber=9] five\stopitem % ownnumber doesn’t work > \stopitemize > \stopsection > > \stoptext > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________