On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 17:57:28 +0200 Steffen Wolfrum <cont...@st.estfiles.de> wrote:
> > Am 01.07.2021 um 17:54 schrieb Alan Braslau > > <braslau.l...@comcast.net>: > > > > On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 00:12:40 +0200 > > Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > >>>> \= macron accent (bar) should not be changed. > >>>> > >>>> \-- is a good suggestion, like insisting, and should not get > >>>> confused with -- (en dash). > >>> > >>> Is there some problem to make it just another option. > >>> > >>> \enabledirectives[hyphenators.discretionary=hyphenated|nothyphenated] > >>> > >> or maybe some key is \setuplanguages (what key) > > > > Why not, but this would be somewhat obscure for the average user who > > would have to identify and then set this option in all documents... > > > > The \-- extension is kind-of nice, obscure in its own way but good > > functionally. The risk is of users confusing this with the en > > ligature, something that unicode users avoid... > > > > Maybe implement both solutions (setup affecting \- as well as \--) > > in Context? > > > And what about \– (U+2013)? Now THAT gets confusing! Why not U+2010 (HYPHEN), the anti-U+2011 (NON BREAKING HYPHEN) vs. U+002D (HYPHEN-MINUS). What a can of worms... (which is why I like the \-- syntax) Alan ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
