Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-31 Thread Martin Schröder
2010/8/31 Taco Hoekwater : > The Chicago manual (14ed) says that slashed/dotted dates are bad style > and should be avoided and that one should use full month names instead. Seconded. And if you have to use a short form, please follow ISO 8601 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) - nobody can b

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-31 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2010-08-31 <13:41:06>, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > On 08/31/2010 11:48 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: > >unfortunately I can only come up with a negative answer: I > >skimmed the Bringhurst and although he does discuss date strings > >with slashes as separators, > > The Chicago manual (14ed) says that s

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-31 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 08/31/2010 11:48 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi Paul, On 2010-08-31<10:29:39>, Paul Menzel wrote: 3. Spacing between numbers. Using LaTeX there were some suggestions to typeset a date using small spaces like `29.\,8.\,2010`. I guess this depends on the fonts used and personal taste? If there i

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-31 Thread Philipp Gesang
Hi Paul, On 2010-08-31 <10:29:39>, Paul Menzel wrote: > > 3. Spacing between numbers. Using LaTeX there were some suggestions to > > typeset a date using small spaces like `29.\,8.\,2010`. I guess this > > depends on the fonts used and personal taste? If there is a rule, maybe > > that could be ad

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-31 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Samstag, den 28.08.2010, 16:02 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: > I have four questions regarding `\date`. I looked at the page in the > Wiki [1], in the ConTeXt user manual on page 159 [2][3] and tried some > things, but could not figure it out. > > I am using Debian Sid/unsta

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 28.08.2010 um 21:02 schrieb Peter Münster: > On Sat, Aug 28 2010, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> It's a problem with the optional argument, if the second argument is >> missing the space after the first is gobbled but it can be fixed. > > It's a general problem with ConTeXt macros. The same a

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-28 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 28.08.2010 um 21:02 schrieb Peter Münster: > On Sat, Aug 28 2010, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> It's a problem with the optional argument, if the second argument is >> missing the space after the first is gobbled but it can be fixed. > > It's a general problem with ConTeXt macros. The same a

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-28 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 28.08.10 21:02, schrieb Peter Münster: On Sat, Aug 28 2010, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: It's a problem with the optional argument, if the second argument is missing the space after the first is gobbled but it can be fixed. It's a general problem with ConTeXt macros. The same applies for examp

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-28 Thread Peter Münster
On Sat, Aug 28 2010, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > It's a problem with the optional argument, if the second argument is > missing the space after the first is gobbled but it can be fixed. It's a general problem with ConTeXt macros. The same applies for example for \externalfigure. Should this be fix

Re: [NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-28 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 28.08.10 16:02, schrieb Paul Menzel: Dear ConTeXt folks, I have four questions regarding `\date`. I looked at the page in the Wiki [1], in the ConTeXt user manual on page 159 [2][3] and tried some things, but could not figure it out. I am using Debian Sid/unstable and I am a total beginner

[NTG-context] questions regarding `\date`

2010-08-28 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I have four questions regarding `\date`. I looked at the page in the Wiki [1], in the ConTeXt user manual on page 159 [2][3] and tried some things, but could not figure it out. I am using Debian Sid/unstable and I am a total beginner regarding ConTeXt. 0. I guess the first q