Re: bibliography with certain canonical reference

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
>
>
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