if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['core-con'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to core-con.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

-- todo: split into lang-con.lua and core-con.lua

--[[ldx--
<p>This module implements a bunch of conversions. Some are more
efficient than their <l n='tex'/> counterpart, some are even
slower but look nicer this way.</p>

<p>Some code may move to a module in the language namespace.</p>
--ldx]]--

local floor, osdate, ostime, concat = math.floor, os.date, os.time, table.concat
local lower, upper, rep, match, gsub = string.lower, string.upper, string.rep, string.match, string.gsub
local utfchar, utfbyte = utf.char, utf.byte
local tonumber, tostring, type, rawset = tonumber, tostring, type, rawset
local P, S, R, Cc, Cf, Cg, Ct, Cs, C, V, Carg = lpeg.P, lpeg.S, lpeg.R, lpeg.Cc, lpeg.Cf, lpeg.Cg, lpeg.Ct, lpeg.Cs, lpeg.C, lpeg.V, lpeg.Carg
local lpegmatch, lpegpatterns = lpeg.match, lpeg.patterns

local context            = context
local commands           = commands
local implement          = interfaces.implement

local settings_to_array  = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array
local allocate           = utilities.storage.allocate
local setmetatableindex  = table.setmetatableindex
local formatters         = string.formatters
local variables          = interfaces.variables
local constants          = interfaces.constants
local addformatter       = utilities.strings.formatters.add

local texset             = tex.set

converters               = converters or { }
local converters         = converters

languages                = languages  or { }
local languages          = languages

local helpers            = converters.helpers or { }
converters.helpers       = helpers

local ctx_labeltext      = context.labeltext
local ctx_LABELTEXT      = context.LABELTEXT
local ctx_space          = context.space
local ctx_convertnumber  = context.convertnumber
local ctx_highordinalstr = context.highordinalstr

converters.number  = tonumber
converters.numbers = tonumber

implement { name = "number",  actions = context }
implement { name = "numbers", actions = context }

-- to be reconsidered ... languages namespace here, might become local plus a register command

local counters = allocate {
    ['default'] = { -- no metatable as we do a test on keys
        0x0061, 0x0062, 0x0063, 0x0064, 0x0065,
        0x0066, 0x0067, 0x0068, 0x0069, 0x006A,
        0x006B, 0x006C, 0x006D, 0x006E, 0x006F,
        0x0070, 0x0071, 0x0072, 0x0073, 0x0074,
        0x0075, 0x0076, 0x0077, 0x0078, 0x0079,
        0x007A
    },
    ['slovenian'] = {
        0x0061, 0x0062, 0x0063, 0x010D, 0x0064,
        0x0065, 0x0066, 0x0067, 0x0068, 0x0069,
        0x006A, 0x006B, 0x006C, 0x006D, 0x006E,
        0x006F, 0x0070, 0x0072, 0x0073, 0x0161,
        0x0074, 0x0075, 0x0076, 0x007A, 0x017E
    },
    ['spanish'] = {
        0x0061, 0x0062, 0x0063, 0x0064, 0x0065,
        0x0066, 0x0067, 0x0068, 0x0069, 0x006A,
        0x006B, 0x006C, 0x006D, 0x006E, 0x00F1,
        0x006F, 0x0070, 0x0071, 0x0072, 0x0073,
        0x0074, 0x0075, 0x0076, 0x0077, 0x0078,
        0x0079, 0x007A
    },
    ['russian'] = {
        0x0430, 0x0431, 0x0432, 0x0433, 0x0434,
        0x0435, 0x0436, 0x0437, 0x0438, 0x043a,
        0x043b, 0x043c, 0x043d, 0x043e, 0x043f,
        0x0440, 0x0441, 0x0442, 0x0443, 0x0444,
        0x0445, 0x0446, 0x0447, 0x0448, 0x0449,
        0x044d, 0x044e, 0x044f
    },
    ['greek'] = { -- this should be the lowercase table
     -- 0x0391, 0x0392, 0x0393, 0x0394, 0x0395,
     -- 0x0396, 0x0397, 0x0398, 0x0399, 0x039A,
     -- 0x039B, 0x039C, 0x039D, 0x039E, 0x039F,
     -- 0x03A0, 0x03A1, 0x03A3, 0x03A4, 0x03A5,
     -- 0x03A6, 0x03A7, 0x03A8, 0x03A9
        0x03B1, 0x03B2, 0x03B3, 0x03B4, 0x03B5,
        0x03B6, 0x03B7, 0x03B8, 0x03B9, 0x03BA,
        0x03BB, 0x03BC, 0x03BD, 0x03BE, 0x03BF,
        0x03C0, 0x03C1, 0x03C3, 0x03C4, 0x03C5,
        0x03C6, 0x03C7, 0x03C8, 0x03C9,
    },
    ['arabic'] = {
        0x0627, 0x0628, 0x062C, 0x062F, 0x0647,
        0x0648, 0x0632, 0x062D, 0x0637, 0x0649,
        0x0643, 0x0644, 0x0645, 0x0646, 0x0633,
        0x0639, 0x0641, 0x0635, 0x0642, 0x0631,
        0x0634, 0x062A, 0x062B, 0x062E, 0x0630,
        0x0636, 0x0638, 0x063A,
    },
    ['persian'] = {
        0x0627, 0x0628, 0x062C, 0x062F, 0x0647,
        0x0648, 0x0632, 0x062D, 0x0637, 0x0649,
        0x06A9, 0x0644, 0x0645, 0x0646, 0x0633,
        0x0639, 0x0641, 0x0635, 0x0642, 0x0631,
        0x0634, 0x062A, 0x062B, 0x062E, 0x0630,
        0x0636, 0x0638, 0x063A,
    },
    ['thai'] = {
        0xE050, 0xE051, 0xE052, 0xE053, 0xE054,
        0xE055, 0xE056, 0xE057, 0xE058, 0xE059
    },
    ['devangari'] = {
        0x0966, 0x0967, 0x0968, 0x0969, 0x096A,
        0x096B, 0x096C, 0x096D, 0x096E, 0x096F
    },
    ['gurmurkhi'] = {
        0x0A66, 0x0A67, 0x0A68, 0x0A69, 0x0A6A,
        0x0A6B, 0x0A6C, 0x0A6D, 0x0A6E, 0x0A6F
    },
    ['gujarati'] = {
        0x0AE6, 0x0AE7, 0x0AE8, 0x0AE9, 0x0AEA,
        0x0AEB, 0x0AEC, 0x0AED, 0x0AEE, 0x0AEF
    },
    ['tibetan'] = {
        0x0F20, 0x0F21, 0x0F22, 0x0F23, 0x0F24,
        0x0F25, 0x0F26, 0x0F27, 0x0F28, 0x0F29
    },
    ['korean'] = {
        0x3131, 0x3134, 0x3137, 0x3139, 0x3141,
        0x3142, 0x3145, 0x3147, 0x3148, 0x314A,
        0x314B, 0x314C, 0x314D, 0x314E
    },
    ['korean-parenthesis'] = { --
        0x3200, 0x3201, 0x3202, 0x3203, 0x3204,
        0x3205, 0x3206, 0x3207, 0x3208, 0x3209,
        0x320A, 0x320B, 0x320C, 0x320D
    },
    ['korean-circle'] = { -- circled
        0x3260, 0x3261, 0x3262, 0x3263, 0x3264,
        0x3265, 0x3266, 0x3267, 0x3268, 0x3269,
        0x326A, 0x326B, 0x326C, 0x326D
    },
}

languages.counters = counters

counters['ar']                        = counters['arabic']
counters['gr']                        = counters['greek']
counters['g']                         = counters['greek']
counters['sl']                        = counters['slovenian']
counters['es']                        = counters['spanish']
counters['ru']                        = counters['russian']
counters['kr']                        = counters['korean']
counters['kr-p']                      = counters['korean-parenthesis']
counters['kr-c']                      = counters['korean-circle']

counters['thainumerals']              = counters['thai']
counters['devanagarinumerals']        = counters['devanagari']
counters['gurmurkhinumerals']         = counters['gurmurkhi']
counters['gujaratinumerals']          = counters['gujarati']
counters['tibetannumerals']           = counters['tibetan']
counters['greeknumerals']             = counters['greek']
counters['arabicnumerals']            = counters['arabic']
counters['persiannumerals']           = counters['persian']
counters['arabicexnumerals']          = counters['persian']
counters['koreannumerals']            = counters['korean']
counters['koreanparenthesisnumerals'] = counters['korean-parenthesis']
counters['koreancirclenumerals']      = counters['korean-circle']

counters['sloveniannumerals']         = counters['slovenian']
counters['spanishnumerals']           = counters['spanish']
counters['russiannumerals']           = counters['russian']

local decimals = allocate {
    ['arabic'] = {
        ["0"] = "٠", ["1"] = "١", ["2"] = "٢", ["3"] = "٣", ["4"] = "٤",
        ["5"] = "٥", ["6"] = "٦", ["7"] = "٧", ["8"] = "٨", ["9"] = "٩",
    },
    ['persian'] = {
        ["0"] = "۰", ["1"] = "۱", ["2"] = "۲", ["3"] = "۳", ["4"] = "۴",
        ["5"] = "۵", ["6"] = "۶", ["7"] = "۷", ["8"] = "۸", ["9"] = "۹",
    }
}

languages.decimals = decimals

local fallback = utfbyte('0')

local function chr(n,m)
    return (n > 0 and n < 27 and utfchar(n+m)) or ""
end

local function chrs(n,m,t)
    if not t then
        t = { }
    end
    if n > 26 then
        chrs(floor((n-1)/26),m,t)
        n = (n-1)%26 + 1
    end
    if n ~= 0 then
        t[#t+1] = utfchar(n+m)
    end
    if n <= 26 then
        return concat(t)
    end
end

local function maxchrs(n,m,cmd,t)
    if not t then
        t = { }
    end
    if n > m then
        maxchrs(floor((n-1)/m),m,cmd)
        n = (n-1)%m + 1
    end
    t[#t+1] = formatters["%s{%s}"](cmd,n)
    if n <= m then
        return concat(t)
    end
end

converters.chr     = chr
converters.chrs    = chrs
converters.maxchrs = maxchrs

local lowercharacter = characters.lcchars
local uppercharacter = characters.ucchars

local defaultcounter = counters.default

local function do_alphabetic(n,mapping,mapper,t) -- todo: make zero based variant (initial n + 1)
    if not t then
        t = { }
    end
    local max = #mapping
    if n > max then
        do_alphabetic(floor((n-1)/max),mapping,mapper,t)
        n = (n-1) % max + 1
    end
    local chr = mapping[n] or fallback
    t[#t+1] = mapper and mapper[chr] or chr
    if n <= max then
        return concat(t)
    end
end

local function alphabetic(n,code)
    return do_alphabetic(n,code and code ~= "" and counters[code] or defaultcounter,lowercharacter)
end

local function Alphabetic(n,code)
    return do_alphabetic(n,code and code ~= "" and counters[code] or defaultcounter,uppercharacter)
end

converters.alphabetic = alphabetic
converters.Alphabetic = Alphabetic

-- we could make a replacer

local function todecimals(n,name)
    local stream  = tostring(n)
    local mapping = decimals[name]
    return mapping and gsub(stream,".",mapping) or stream
end

converters.decimals = todecimals

local lower_offset = 96
local upper_offset = 64

function converters.character (n) return chr (n,lower_offset) end
function converters.Character (n) return chr (n,upper_offset) end
function converters.characters(n) return chrs(n,lower_offset) end
function converters.Characters(n) return chrs(n,upper_offset) end

implement { name = "alphabetic", actions = { alphabetic, context }, arguments = { "integer", "string" } }
implement { name = "Alphabetic", actions = { Alphabetic, context }, arguments = { "integer", "string" } }

implement { name = "character",  actions = { chr,  context }, arguments = { "integer", lower_offset } }
implement { name = "Character",  actions = { chr,  context }, arguments = { "integer", upper_offset } }
implement { name = "characters", actions = { chrs, context }, arguments = { "integer", lower_offset } }
implement { name = "Characters", actions = { chrs, context }, arguments = { "integer", upper_offset } }

implement { name = "decimals",   actions = { todecimals, context }, arguments = { "integer", "string" } }

local weekday    = os.weekday    -- moved to l-os
local isleapyear = os.isleapyear -- moved to l-os
local nofdays    = os.nofdays    -- moved to l-os

local function leapyear(year)
    return isleapyear(year) and 1 or 0
end

local function textime()
    return tonumber(osdate("%H")) * 60 + tonumber(osdate("%M"))
end

function converters.year  () return osdate("%Y") end
function converters.month () return osdate("%m") end
function converters.hour  () return osdate("%H") end
function converters.minute() return osdate("%M") end
function converters.second() return osdate("%S") end

converters.weekday    = weekday
converters.isleapyear = isleapyear
converters.leapyear   = leapyear
converters.nofdays    = nofdays
converters.textime    = textime

implement { name = "weekday",  actions = { weekday,  context }, arguments = { "integer", "integer", "integer" } }
implement { name = "leapyear", actions = { leapyear, context }, arguments = { "integer" } }
implement { name = "nofdays",  actions = { nofdays,  context }, arguments = { "integer", "integer" } }

implement { name = "year",     actions = { osdate,   context }, arguments = "'%Y'" }
implement { name = "month",    actions = { osdate,   context }, arguments = "'%m'" }
implement { name = "hour",     actions = { osdate,   context }, arguments = "'%H'" }
implement { name = "minute",   actions = { osdate,   context }, arguments = "'%M'" }
implement { name = "second",   actions = { osdate,   context }, arguments = "'%S'" }
implement { name = "textime",  actions = { textime,  context } }

implement {
    name      = "doifelseleapyear",
    actions   = { isleapyear, commands.doifelse },
    arguments = "integer"
}

local roman = {
    { [0] = '', 'I', 'II', 'III', 'IV', 'V', 'VI', 'VII', 'VIII', 'IX' },
    { [0] = '', 'X', 'XX', 'XXX', 'XL', 'L', 'LX', 'LXX', 'LXXX', 'XC' },
    { [0] = '', 'C', 'CC', 'CCC', 'CD', 'D', 'DC', 'DCC', 'DCCC', 'CM' },
}

local function toroman(n)
    if n >= 4000 then
        return toroman(floor(n/1000)) .. " " .. toroman(n%1000)
    else
        return rep("M",floor(n/1000)) .. roman[3][floor((n%1000)/100)] .. roman[2][floor((n%100)/10)] .. roman[1][floor((n%10)/1)]
    end
end

converters.toroman       = toroman
converters.Romannumerals = toroman
converters.romannumerals = function(n) return lower(toroman(n)) end

converters['i']  = converters.romannumerals
converters['I']  = converters.Romannumerals
converters['r']  = converters.romannumerals
converters['R']  = converters.Romannumerals
converters['KR'] = converters.Romannumerals
converters['RK'] = converters.Romannumerals

implement {
    name      = "romannumerals",
    actions   = { toroman, lower, context },
    arguments = "integer",
}

implement {
    name      = "Romannumerals",
    actions   = { toroman, context },
    arguments = "integer",
}

--~ local small = {
--~     0x0627, 0x066E, 0x062D, 0x062F, 0x0647, 0x0648, 0x0631
--~ }

--~ local large = {
--~     { 0x0627, 0x0628, 0x062C, 0x062F, 0x0647, 0x0648, 0x0632, 0x062D, 0x0637, },
--~     { 0x064A, 0x0643, 0x0644, 0x0645, 0x0646, 0x0633, 0x0639, 0x0641, 0x0635, },
--~     { 0x0642, 0x0631, 0x0634, 0x062A, 0x062B, 0x062E, 0x0630, 0x0636, 0x0638, },
--~     { 0x063A                                                                  },
--~ }

local small = {
    "ا", "ٮ", "ح", "د", "ه", "و", "ر",
}

local medium = {
     "ا", "ب", "ج", "د", "ه", "و","ز", "ح", "ط" ,
     "ي", "ك", "ل", "م", "ن", "س", "ع", "ف", "ص" ,
     "ق", "ر", "ش", "ت", "ث", "خ", "ذ", "ض", "ظ" ,
     "غ" ,
}

local large = {
    { "ا", "ب", "ج", "د", "ه", "و","ز", "ح", "ط" },
    { "ي", "ك", "ل", "م", "ن", "س", "ع", "ف", "ص" },
    { "ق", "ر", "ش", "ت", "ث", "خ", "ذ", "ض", "ظ" },
    { "غ" },
}

local function toabjad(n,what)
    if n <= 0 or n >= 2000 then
        return tostring(n)
    elseif what == 2 and n <= 7 then
        return small[n]
    elseif what == 3 and n <= 28 then
        return medium[n]
    else
        local a, b, c, d
        a, n = floor(n/1000), n % 1000 -- mod(n,1000)
        b, n = floor(n/ 100), n %  100 -- mod(n, 100)
        c, n = floor(n/  10), n %   10 -- mod(n,  10)
        d, n = floor(n/   1), n %    1 -- mod(n,   1)
        return (large[4][a] or "") .. (large[3][b] or "") .. (large[2][c] or "") .. (large[1][d] or "")
    end
end

converters.toabjad = toabjad

function converters.abjadnumerals     (n) return toabjad(n,false) end
function converters.abjadnodotnumerals(n) return toabjad(n,true ) end

implement {
    name      = "abjadnumerals",
    actions   = { toabjad, context },
    arguments = { "integer", false }
}

implement {
    name      = "abjadnodotnumerals",
    actions   = { toabjad, context },
    arguments = { "integer", true }
}

local vector = {
    normal = {
                [0] = "〇",
                [1] = "一",
                [2] = "二",
                [3] = "三",
                [4] = "四",
                [5] = "五",
                [6] = "六",
                [7] = "七",
                [8] = "八",
                [9] = "九",
               [10] = "十",
              [100] = "百",
             [1000] = "千",
            [10000] = "万",
        [100000000] = "亿",
    },
    cap = {
                [0] = "零",
                [1] = "壹",
                [2] = "贰",
                [3] = "叁",
                [4] = "肆",
                [5] = "伍",
                [6] = "陆",
                [7] = "柒",
                [8] = "捌",
                [9] = "玖",
               [10] = "拾",
              [100] = "佰",
             [1000] = "仟",
            [10000] = "萬",
        [100000000] = "亿",
    },
    all = {
                [0] = "〇",
                [1] = "一",
                [2] = "二",
                [3] = "三",
                [4] = "四",
                [5] = "五",
                [6] = "六",
                [7] = "七",
                [8] = "八",
                [9] = "九",
               [10] = "十",
               [20] = "廿",
               [30] = "卅",
              [100] = "百",
             [1000] = "千",
            [10000] = "万",
        [100000000] = "亿",
    }
}

local function tochinese(n,name) -- normal, caps, all
 -- improved version by Li Yanrui
    local result, r = { }, 0
    local vector = vector[name] or vector.normal
    while true do
        if n == 0 then
            break
        elseif n >= 100000000 then
            local m = floor(n/100000000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[100000000]
            local z = n - m * 100000000
            if z > 0 and z < 10000000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 100000000
        elseif n >= 10000000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
        elseif n >= 1000000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
        elseif n >= 100000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
         elseif n >= 10000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
         elseif n >= 1000 then
            local m = floor(n/1000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[1000]
            local z =  n - m * 1000
            if z > 0 and z < 100 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 1000
         elseif n >= 100 then
            local m = floor(n/100)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[100]
            local z = n - m * 100
            if z > 0 and z < 10 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 100
         elseif n >= 10 then
            local m = floor(n/10)
            if m > 1 and vector[m*10] then
                r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m*10]
            else
                r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
                r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10]
            end
            n = n % 10
        else
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[n]
            break
        end
    end
    if (result[1] == vector[1] and result[2] == vector[10]) then
        result[1] = ""
    end
    return concat(result)
end

-- local t = { 1,10,15,25,35,45,11,100,111,1111,10000,11111,100000,111111,1111111,11111111,111111111,100000000,1111111111,11111111111,111111111111,1111111111111 }
-- for k=1,#t do
-- local v = t[k]
--     print(v,tochinese(v),tochinese(v,"all"),tochinese(v,"cap"))
-- end

converters.tochinese = tochinese

function converters.chinesenumerals   (n,how) return tochinese(n,how or "normal") end
function converters.chinesecapnumerals(n)     return tochinese(n,"cap") end
function converters.chineseallnumerals(n)     return tochinese(n,"all") end

converters['cn']   = converters.chinesenumerals
converters['cn-c'] = converters.chinesecapnumerals
converters['cn-a'] = converters.chineseallnumerals

implement {
    name      = "chinesenumerals",
    actions   = { tochinese, context },
    arguments = { "integer", "string" }
}

-- this is a temporary solution: we need a better solution when we have
-- more languages

converters['a']  = converters.characters
converters['A']  = converters.Characters
converters['AK'] = converters.Characters -- obsolete
converters['KA'] = converters.Characters -- obsolete

function converters.spanishnumerals  (n) return alphabetic(n,"es") end
function converters.Spanishnumerals  (n) return Alphabetic(n,"es") end
function converters.sloveniannumerals(n) return alphabetic(n,"sl") end
function converters.Sloveniannumerals(n) return Alphabetic(n,"sl") end
function converters.russiannumerals  (n) return alphabetic(n,"ru") end
function converters.Russiannumerals  (n) return Alphabetic(n,"ru") end

converters['alphabetic:es'] = converters.spanishnumerals
converters['alphabetic:sl'] = converters.sloveniannumerals
converters['alphabetic:ru'] = converters.russiannumerals

converters['Alphabetic:es'] = converters.Spanishnumerals
converters['Alphabetic:sl'] = converters.Sloveniannumerals
converters['Alphabetic:ru'] = converters.Russiannumerals

-- bonus

converters['a:es']  = converters.spanishnumerals
converters['a:sl']  = converters.sloveniannumerals
converters['a:ru']  = converters.russiannumerals
converters['A:es']  = converters.Spanishnumerals
converters['A:sl']  = converters.Sloveniannumerals
converters['A:ru']  = converters.Russiannumerals

-- end of bonus

converters.sequences = converters.sequences or { }
local sequences      = converters.sequences

storage.register("converters/sequences", sequences, "converters.sequences")

function converters.define(name,set) -- ,language)
 -- if language then
 --     name = name .. ":" .. language
 -- end
    sequences[name] = settings_to_array(set)
end

function converters.max(name)
    local s = sequences[name]
    return s and #s or 0
end

implement {
    name      = "defineconversion",
    actions   = converters.define,
    arguments = "2 strings",
}

implement {
    name      = "nofconversions",
    actions   = { converters.max, context },
    arguments = "string",
}

local function convert(method,n,language)
    local converter = language and converters[method..":"..language] or converters[method]
    if converter then
        return converter(n)
    else
        local lowermethod = lower(method)
        local linguistic  = counters[lowermethod]
        if linguistic then
            return do_alphabetic(n,linguistic,lowermethod == method and lowercharacter or uppercharacter)
        end
        local sequence = sequences[method]
        if sequence then
            local max = #sequence
            if n > max then
                return sequence[(n-1) % max + 1]
            else
                return sequence[n]
            end
        end
        return n
    end
end

converters.convert = convert

local function valid(method,language)
    return converters[method..":"..language] or converters[method] or sequences[method]
end

implement {
    name      = "doifelseconverter",
    actions   = { valid, commands.doifelse },
    arguments = "2 strings",
}

implement {
    name      = "checkedconversion",
    actions   = { convert, context },
    arguments = { "string", "integer" }
}

-- Well, since the one asking for this didn't test it the following code is not
-- enabled.
--
-- -- This Lua version is based on a Javascript by Behdad Esfahbod which in turn
-- -- is based on GPL'd code by Roozbeh Pournader of the The FarsiWeb Project
-- -- Group: http://www.farsiweb.info/jalali/jalali.js.
-- --
-- -- We start tables at one, I kept it zero based in order to stay close to
-- -- the original.
-- --
-- -- Conversion by Hans Hagen

local g_days_in_month = { [0] = 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 }
local j_days_in_month = { [0] = 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 29 }

local div = math.div
local mod = math.mod

function gregorian_to_jalali(gy,gm,gd)
    local jy, jm, jd, g_day_no, j_day_no, j_np, i
    gy, gm, gd = gy - 1600, gm - 1, gd - 1
    g_day_no = 365*gy + div((gy+3),4) - div((gy+99),100) + div((gy+399),400)
    i = 0
    while i < gm do
        g_day_no = g_day_no + g_days_in_month[i]
        i = i + 1
    end
    if (gm>1 and ((gy%4==0 and gy%100~=0) or (gy%400==0))) then
        g_day_no = g_day_no + 1
    end
    g_day_no = g_day_no + gd
    j_day_no = g_day_no - 79
    j_np = div(j_day_no,12053)
    j_day_no = mod(j_day_no,12053)
    jy = 979 + 33*j_np + 4*div(j_day_no,1461)
    j_day_no = mod(j_day_no,1461)
    if j_day_no >= 366 then
        jy = jy + div((j_day_no-1),365)
        j_day_no = mod((j_day_no-1),365)
    end
    i = 0
    while i < 11 and j_day_no >= j_days_in_month[i] do
        j_day_no = j_day_no - j_days_in_month[i]
        i = i + 1
    end
    jm = i + 1
    jd = j_day_no + 1
    return jy, jm, jd
end

function jalali_to_gregorian(jy,jm,jd)
    local gy, gm, gd, g_day_no, j_day_no, leap, i
    jy, jm, jd = jy - 979, jm - 1, jd - 1
    j_day_no = 365*jy + div(jy,33)*8 + div((mod(jy,33)+3),4)
    for i=0,jm-1,1 do
        j_day_no = j_day_no + j_days_in_month[i]
    end
    j_day_no = j_day_no + jd
    g_day_no = j_day_no + 79
    gy = 1600 + 400*div(g_day_no,146097)
    g_day_no = mod(g_day_no, 146097)
    leap = 1
    if g_day_no >= 36525 then
        g_day_no = g_day_no - 1
        gy = gy + 100*div(g_day_no,36524)
        g_day_no = mod(g_day_no, 36524)
        if g_day_no >= 365 then
            g_day_no = g_day_no + 1
        else
            leap = 0
        end
    end
    gy = gy  + 4*div(g_day_no,1461)
    g_day_no = mod(g_day_no, 1461)
    if g_day_no >= 366 then
        leap = 0
        g_day_no = g_day_no - 1
        gy = gy + div(g_day_no, 365)
        g_day_no = mod(g_day_no, 365)
    end
    i = 0
    while true do
        local d = g_days_in_month[i] + ((i == 1 and leap) or 0)
        if g_day_no >= d then
            g_day_no = g_day_no - d
            i = i + 1
        else
            break
        end
    end
    gm = i + 1
    gd = g_day_no + 1
    return gy, gm, gd
end

-- local function test(yg,mg,dg,yj,mj,dj)
--     local y1, m1, d1 = jalali_to_gregorian(yj,mj,dj)
--     local y2, m2, d2 = gregorian_to_jalali(yg,mg,dg)
--     print(y1 == yg and m1 == mg and d1 == dg, yg,mg,dg, y1,m1,d1)
--     print(y2 == yj and m2 == mj and d2 == dj, yj,mj,dj, y2,m2,d2)
-- end

-- test(1953,08,19, 1332,05,28)
-- test(1979,02,11, 1357,11,22)
-- test(2000,02,28, 1378,12,09)
-- test(2000,03,01, 1378,12,11)
-- test(2009,02,24, 1387,12,06)
-- test(2015,03,21, 1394,01,01)
-- test(2016,03,20, 1395,01,01)

-- -- more efficient but needs testing

-- local escapes = characters.filters.utf.private.escapes

-- local function do_alphabetic(n,mapping,chr)
--     local max = #mapping
--     if n > max then
--         do_alphabetic(floor((n-1)/max),mapping,chr)
--         n = (n-1)%max+1
--     end
--     n = chr(n,mapping)
--     context(escapes[n] or utfchar(n))
-- end

-- local lccodes, uccodes, safechar = characters.lccode, characters.uccode, commands.safechar

-- local function do_alphabetic(n,mapping,chr)
--     local max = #mapping
--     if n > max then
--         do_alphabetic(floor((n-1)/max),mapping,chr)
--         n = (n-1)%max+1
--     end
--     safechar(chr(n,mapping))
-- end

-- local function lowercased(n,mapping) return characters.lccode(mapping[n] or fallback) end
-- local function uppercased(n,mapping) return characters.uccode(mapping[n] or fallback) end

-- function converters.alphabetic(n,code)
--     do_alphabetic(n,counters[code] or counters.default,lowercased) -- lccode catches wrong tables
-- end

-- function converters.Alphabetic(n,code)
--     do_alphabetic(n,counters[code] or counters.default,uppercased)
-- end

local ordinals = {
    english = function(n)
        local two = n % 100
        if two == 11 or two == 12 or two == 13 then
            return "th"
        else
            local one = n % 10
            if one == 1 then
                return "st"
            elseif one == 2 then
                return "nd"
            elseif one == 3 then
                return "rd"
            else
                return "th"
            end
        end
    end,
    dutch = function(n)
        return "e"
    end,
    french = function(n)
        if n == 1 then
            return "er"
        end
    end,
}

ordinals.en = ordinals.english
ordinals.nl = ordinals.dutch
ordinals.fr = ordinals.french

function converters.ordinal(n,language)
    local t = language and ordinals[language]
    return t and t(n)
end

local function ctxordinal(n,language)
    local t = language and ordinals[language]
    local o = t and t(n)
    context(n)
    if o then
        ctx_highordinalstr(o)
    end
end

implement {
    name      = "ordinal",
    actions   = ctxordinal,
    arguments = { "integer", "string" }
}

-- verbose numbers

local data         = allocate()
local verbose      = { data = data }
converters.verbose = verbose

-- verbose english

local words = {
               [0] = "zero",
               [1] = "one",
               [2] = "two",
               [3] = "three",
               [4] = "four",
               [5] = "five",
               [6] = "six",
               [7] = "seven",
               [8] = "eight",
               [9] = "nine",
              [10] = "ten",
              [11] = "eleven",
              [12] = "twelve",
              [13] = "thirteen",
              [14] = "fourteen",
              [15] = "fifteen",
              [16] = "sixteen",
              [17] = "seventeen",
              [18] = "eighteen",
              [19] = "nineteen",
              [20] = "twenty",
              [30] = "thirty",
              [40] = "forty",
              [50] = "fifty",
              [60] = "sixty",
              [70] = "seventy",
              [80] = "eighty",
              [90] = "ninety",
             [100] = "hundred",
            [1000] = "thousand",
         [1000000] = "million",
      [1000000000] = "billion",
   [1000000000000] = "trillion",
}

local function translate(n)
    local w = words[n]
    if w then
        return w
    end
    local t = { }
    local function compose_one(n)
        local w = words[n]
        if w then
            t[#t+1] = w
            return
        end
        local a, b = floor(n/100), n % 100
        if a == 10 then
            t[#t+1] = words[1]
            t[#t+1] = words[1000]
        elseif a > 0 then
            t[#t+1] = words[a]
            t[#t+1] = words[100]
            -- don't say 'nine hundred zero'
            if b == 0 then
                return
            end
        end
        if words[b] then
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        else
            a, b = floor(b/10), n % 10
            t[#t+1] = words[a*10]
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        end
    end
    local function compose_two(n,m)
        if n > (m-1) then
            local a, b = floor(n/m), n % m
            if a > 0 then
                compose_one(a)
            end
            t[#t+1] = words[m]
            n = b
        end
        return n
    end
    n = compose_two(n,1000000000000)
    n = compose_two(n,1000000000)
    n = compose_two(n,1000000)
    n = compose_two(n,1000)
    if n > 0 then
        compose_one(n)
    end
    return #t > 0 and concat(t," ") or tostring(n)
end

data.english = {
    words     = words,
    translate = translate,
}

data.en = data.english

-- print(translate(11111111))
-- print(translate(2221101))
-- print(translate(1111))
-- print(translate(1218))
-- print(translate(1234))
-- print(translate(12345))
-- print(translate(12345678900000))

-- verbose spanish (unchecked)

local words = {
               [1] = "uno",
               [2] = "dos",
               [3] = "tres",
               [4] = "cuatro",
               [5] = "cinco",
               [6] = "seis",
               [7] = "siete",
               [8] = "ocho",
               [9] = "nueve",
              [10] = "diez",
              [11] = "once",
              [12] = "doce",
              [13] = "trece",
              [14] = "catorce",
              [15] = "quince",
              [16] = "dieciséis",
              [17] = "diecisiete",
              [18] = "dieciocho",
              [19] = "diecinueve",
              [20] = "veinte",
              [21] = "veintiuno",
              [22] = "veintidós",
              [23] = "veintitrés",
              [24] = "veinticuatro",
              [25] = "veinticinco",
              [26] = "veintiséis",
              [27] = "veintisiete",
              [28] = "veintiocho",
              [29] = "veintinueve",
              [30] = "treinta",
              [40] = "cuarenta",
              [50] = "cincuenta",
              [60] = "sesenta",
              [70] = "setenta",
              [80] = "ochenta",
              [90] = "noventa",
             [100] = "ciento",
             [200] = "doscientos",
             [300] = "trescientos",
             [400] = "cuatrocientos",
             [500] = "quinientos",
             [600] = "seiscientos",
             [700] = "setecientos",
             [800] = "ochocientos",
             [900] = "novecientos",
            [1000] = "mil",
         [1000000] = "millón",
      [1000000000] = "mil millones",
   [1000000000000] = "billón",
}

local function translate(n)
    local w = words[n]
    if w then
        return w
    end
    local t = { }
    local function compose_one(n)
        local w = words[n]
        if w then
            t[#t+1] = w
            return
        end
        -- a, b = hundreds, remainder
        local a, b = floor(n/100), n % 100
        -- one thousand
        if a == 10 then
            t[#t+1] = words[1]
            t[#t+1] = words[1000]
        -- x hundred (n.b. this will not give thirteen hundred because
        -- compose_one(n) is only called after
        -- n = compose(two(n, 1000))
        elseif a > 0 then
            t[#t+1] = words[a*100]
        end
        -- the remainder
        if words[b] then
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        else
            -- a, b = tens, remainder
            a, b = floor(b/10), n % 10
            t[#t+1] = words[a*10]
            t[#t+1] = "y"
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        end
    end
    -- compose_two handles x billion, ... x thousand. When 1000 or less is
    -- left, compose_one takes over.
    local function compose_two(n,m)
        if n > (m-1) then
            local a, b = floor(n/m), n % m
            if a > 0 then
                compose_one(a)
            end
            t[#t+1] = words[m]
            n = b
        end
        return n
    end
    n = compose_two(n,1000000000000)
    n = compose_two(n,1000000000)
    n = compose_two(n,1000000)
    n = compose_two(n,1000)
    if n > 0 then
        compose_one(n)
    end
    return #t > 0 and concat(t," ") or tostring(n)
end

data.spanish = {
    words     = words,
    translate = translate,
}

data.es = data.spanish

-- print(translate(31))
-- print(translate(101))
-- print(translate(199))

-- verbose handler:

function converters.verbose.translate(n,language)
    local t = language and data[language]
    return t and t.translate(n) or n
end

local function verbose(n,language)
    local t = language and data[language]
    context(t and t.translate(n) or n)
end

implement {
    name      = "verbose",
    actions   = verbose,
    arguments = { "integer", "string" }
}

-- These are just helpers but not really for the tex end. Do we have to
-- use translate here?

local whitespace  = lpegpatterns.whitespace
local word        = lpegpatterns.utf8uppercharacter^-1 * (1-whitespace)^1
local pattern_one = Cs( whitespace^0 * word^-1 * P(1)^0)
local pattern_all = Cs((whitespace^1 + word)^1)

function converters.word (s) return s end -- dummies for typos
function converters.words(s) return s end -- dummies for typos

local function Word (s) return lpegmatch(pattern_one,s) or s end
local function Words(s) return lpegmatch(pattern_all,s) or s end

converters.Word  = Word
converters.Words = Words

converters.upper = characters.upper
converters.lower = characters.lower

-- print(converters.Word("foo bar"))
-- print(converters.Word(" foo bar"))
-- print(converters.Word("123 foo bar"))
-- print(converters.Word(" 123 foo bar"))

-- print(converters.Words("foo bar"))
-- print(converters.Words(" foo bar"))
-- print(converters.Words("123 foo bar"))
-- print(converters.Words(" 123 foo bar"))

-- --

local v_day      = variables.day
local v_year     = variables.year
local v_month    = variables.month
local v_weekday  = variables.weekday
local v_referral = variables.referral
local v_space    = variables.space

local v_MONTH    = upper(v_month)
local v_WEEKDAY  = upper(v_weekday)

local convert = converters.convert

local days = { -- not variables
    "sunday",
    "monday",
    "tuesday",
    "wednesday",
    "thursday",
    "friday",
    "saturday",
}

local months = { -- not variables
    "january",
    "february",
    "march",
    "april",
    "may",
    "june",
    "july",
    "august",
    "september",
    "october",
    "november",
    "december",
}

local monthmnems = { -- not variables
    -- virtual table
}

setmetatableindex(months,     function(t,k) return "unknown" end)
setmetatableindex(days,       function(t,k) return "unknown" end)
setmetatableindex(monthmnems, function(t,k) return months[k] .. ":mnem" end)

do

    local function dayname(n)
        ctx_labeltext(days[n])
    end

    local function weekdayname(day,month,year)
        ctx_labeltext(days[weekday(day,month,year)])
    end

    local function monthname(n)
        ctx_labeltext(months[n])
    end

    local function monthmnem(n)
        ctx_labeltext(monthmnems[n])
    end

    implement {
        name      = "dayname",
        actions   = dayname,
        arguments = "integer",
    }

    implement {
        name      = "weekdayname",
        actions   = weekdayname,
        arguments = { "integer", "integer", "integer" }
    }

    implement {
        name      = "monthname",
        actions   = monthname,
        arguments = { "integer" }
    }

    implement {
        name      = "monthmnem",
        actions   = monthmnem,
        arguments = { "integer" }
    }

    local f_monthlong    = formatters["\\monthlong{%s}"]
    local f_monthshort   = formatters["\\monthshort{%s}"]
    local f_weekday      = formatters["\\weekday{%s}"]
    local f_dayoftheweek = formatters["\\dayoftheweek{%s}{%s}{%s}"]

    local function tomonthlong (m) return f_monthlong (tonumber(m) or 1) end
    local function tomonthshort(m) return f_monthshort(tonumber(m) or 1) end
    local function toweekday   (d) return f_weekday   (tonumber(d) or 1) end

    local function todayoftheweek(d,m,y)
        return f_dayoftheweek(tonumber(d) or 1,tonumber(m) or 1,tonumber(y) or 2000)
    end

    addformatter(formatters,"monthlong",   [[tomonthlong(%s)]],         { tomonthlong    = tomonthlong    })
    addformatter(formatters,"monthshort",  [[tomonthshort(%s)]],        { tomonthshort   = tomonthshort   })
    addformatter(formatters,"weekday",     [[toweekday(%s)]],           { toweekday      = toweekday      })
    addformatter(formatters,"dayoftheweek",[[todayoftheweek(%s,%s,%s)]],{ todayoftheweek = todayoftheweek })

    -- using %t is slower, even with caching as we seldom use > 3 items per epoch

    local function toeyear  (e) return osdate("%Y",tonumber(e))  end
    local function toemonth (e) return osdate("%m",tonumber(e))  end
    local function toeday   (e) return osdate("%d",tonumber(e))  end
    local function toeminute(e) return osdate("%M",tonumber(e))  end
    local function toesecond(e) return osdate("%S",tonumber(e))  end

    local function toemonthlong(e)
        return f_monthlong(tonumber(osdate("%m",tonumber(e))))
    end

    local function toemonthshort(e)
        return f_monthshort(tonumber(osdate("%m",tonumber(e))))
    end

    local function toeweek(e) -- we run from 1-7 not 0-6
        return tostring(tonumber(osdate("%w",tonumber(e)))+1)
    end

    local function toeweekday(e)
        return f_weekday(tonumber(osdate("%w",tonumber(e)))+1)
    end

    local function toedate(format,e)
        return osdate(format,tonumber(e))
    end

    addformatter(formatters,"eyear",        [[toeyear(%s)]],        { toeyear         = toeyear         })
    addformatter(formatters,"emonth",       [[toemonth(%s)]],       { toemonth        = toemonth        })
    addformatter(formatters,"eday",         [[toeday(%s)]],         { toeday          = toeday          })
    addformatter(formatters,"eweek",        [[toeweek(%s)]],        { toeweek         = toeweek         })
    addformatter(formatters,"eminute",      [[toeminute(%s)]],      { toeminute       = toeminute       })
    addformatter(formatters,"esecond",      [[toesecond(%s)]],      { toesecond       = toesecond       })

    addformatter(formatters,"emonthlong",   [[toemonthlong(%s)]],   { toemonthlong    = toemonthlong    })
    addformatter(formatters,"emonthshort",  [[toemonthshort(%s)]],  { toemonthshort   = toemonthshort   })
    addformatter(formatters,"eweekday",     [[toeweekday(%s)]],     { toeweekday      = toeweekday      })

    addformatter(formatters,"edate",        [[toedate(%s,%s)]],     { toedate         = toedate         })

end

-- a prelude to a function that we can use at the lua end

-- day:ord month:mmem
-- j and jj obsolete

local spaced = {
    [v_year]    = true,
    [v_month]   = true,
    [v_MONTH]   = true,
    [v_day]     = true,
    [v_weekday] = true,
    [v_WEEKDAY] = true,
    [v_day]     = true,
}

local dateconverters = {
    ["jalali:to"]   = gregorian_to_jalali,
    ["jalali:from"] = jalali_to_gregorian,
}

local variants = {
    mnem   = monthmnems,
    jalali = setmetatableindex(function(t,k) return months[k] .. ":jalali" end),
}

do

    local function currentdate(str,currentlanguage,year,month,day) -- second argument false : no label
        local list       = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array(str)
        local splitlabel = languages.labels.split or string.itself -- we need to get the loading order right
     -- local year       = tex.year
     -- local month      = tex.month
     -- local day        = tex.day
        local auto       = true
        if currentlanguage == "" then
            currentlanguage = false
        end
        for i=1,#list do
            local entry = list[i]
            local convert = dateconverters[entry]
            if convert then
                year, month, day = convert(year,month,day)
            else
                local tag, plus = splitlabel(entry)
                local ordinal, mnemonic, whatordinal, highordinal = false, false, nil, false
                if not tag then
                    tag = entry
                elseif plus == "+" or plus == "ord" then
                    ordinal = true
                elseif plus == "++" or plus == "highord" then
                    ordinal = true
                    highordinal = true
             -- elseif plus == "mnem" then
             --     mnemonic = true
                elseif plus then -- elseif plus == "mnem" then
                    mnemonic = variants[plus]
                end
                if not auto and spaced[tag] then
                    ctx_space()
                end
                auto = false
                if tag == v_year or tag == "y" or tag == "Y" then
                    context(year)
                elseif tag == "yy" or tag == "YY" then
                    context("%02i",year % 100)
                elseif tag == v_month or tag == "m" then
                    if currentlanguage == false then
                        context(Word(months[month]))
                    elseif mnemonic then
                        ctx_labeltext(variables[mnemonic[month]])
                    else
                        ctx_labeltext(variables[months[month]])
                    end
                elseif tag == v_MONTH then
                    if currentlanguage == false then
                        context(Word(variables[months[month]]))
                    elseif mnemonic then
                        ctx_LABELTEXT(variables[mnemonic[month]])
                    else
                        ctx_LABELTEXT(variables[months[month]])
                    end
                elseif tag == "mm" then
                    context("%02i",month)
                elseif tag == "M" then
                    context(month)
                elseif tag == v_day or tag == "d" then
                    if currentlanguage == false then
                        context(day)
                    else
                        ctx_convertnumber(v_day,day) -- why not direct
                    end
                    whatordinal = day
                elseif tag == "dd" then
                    context("%02i",day)
                    whatordinal = day
                elseif tag == "D" then
                    context(day)
                    whatordinal = day
                elseif tag == v_weekday or tag == "w" then
                    local wd = weekday(day,month,year)
                    if currentlanguage == false then
                        context(Word(days[wd]))
                    else
                        ctx_labeltext(variables[days[wd]])
                    end
                elseif tag == v_WEEKDAY then
                    local wd = weekday(day,month,year)
                    if currentlanguage == false then
                        context(Word(days[wd]))
                    else
                        ctx_LABELTEXT(variables[days[wd]])
                    end
                elseif tag == "W" then
                    context(weekday(day,month,year))
                elseif tag == v_referral then
                    context("%04i%02i%02i",year,month,day)
                elseif tag == v_space or tag == "\\ " then
                    ctx_space()
                    auto = true
                elseif tag ~= "" then
                    context(tag)
                    auto = true
                end
                if ordinal and whatordinal then
                    if currentlanguage == false then
                        -- ignore
                    else
                        context[highordinal and "highordinalstr" or "ordinalstr"](converters.ordinal(whatordinal,currentlanguage))
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end

    implement {
        name      = "currentdate",
        arguments = { "string", "string", "string", "integer", "integer", "integer" },
        actions   = function(pattern,default,language,year,month,day)
            currentdate(
                pattern  == "" and default or pattern,
                language == "" and false   or language,
                year, month, day
            )
        end,
    }

    local function todate(s,y,m,d)
        if y or m or d then
            return formatters["\\date[y=%s,m=%s,d=%s][%s]\\relax"](y or "",m or "",d or "",s or "")
        else
            return formatters["\\currentdate[%s]\\relax"](s)
        end
    end

    addformatter(formatters,"date", [[todate(...)]], { todate = todate })

    -- context("one: %4!date!","MONTH",2020,12,11)          context.par()
    -- context("one: %4!date!","month",2020,12,11)          context.par()
    -- context("one: %4!date!","year,-,mm,-,dd",2020,12,11) context.par()

    -- context("two: %3!date!","MONTH",false,12)          context.par()
    -- context("two: %3!date!","month",false,12)          context.par()
    -- context("two: %3!date!","year,-,mm,-,dd",false,12) context.par()

end

implement {
    name      = "unihex",
    arguments = "integer",
    actions   = { formatters["U+%05X"], context },
}

local n = R("09")^1 / tonumber

local p = Cf( Ct("")
    * Cg(Cc("year")  * (n           )) * P("-")^-1
    * Cg(Cc("month") * (n + Cc(   1))) * P("-")^-1
    * Cg(Cc("day")   * (n + Cc(   1))) * whitespace^-1
    * Cg(Cc("hour")  * (n + Cc(   0))) * P(":")^-1
    * Cg(Cc("min")   * (n + Cc(   0)))
    , rawset)

function converters.totime(s)
    if not s then
        return
    elseif type(s) == "table" then
        return s
    elseif type(s) == "string" then
        return lpegmatch(p,s)
    end
    local n = tonumber(s)
    if n and n >= 0 then
        return date("*t",n)
    end
end

function converters.settime(t)
    if type(t) ~= "table" then
        t = converters.totime(t)
    end
    if t then
        texset("year", t.year or 1000)
        texset("month", t.month or 1)
        texset("day", t.day or 1)
        texset("time", (t.hour or 0) * 60 + (t.min or 0))
    end
end

-- taken from x-asciimath (where we needed it for a project)

local d_one         = lpegpatterns.digit
local d_two         = d_one * d_one
local d_three       = d_two * d_one
local d_four        = d_three * d_one
local d_split       = P(-1) + Carg(2) * (lpegpatterns.period /"")

local d_spaced      = (Carg(1) * d_three)^1

local digitized_1   = Cs ( (
                        d_three * d_spaced * d_split +
                        d_two   * d_spaced * d_split +
                        d_one   * d_spaced * d_split +
                        P(1)
                      )^1 )

local p_fourbefore  = d_four * d_split
local p_fourafter   = d_four * P(-1)

local p_beforesplit = d_three * d_spaced^0 * d_split
                    + d_two   * d_spaced^0 * d_split
                    + d_one   * d_spaced^0 * d_split
                    + d_one   * d_split

local p_aftersplit  = p_fourafter
                    + d_three * d_spaced
                    + d_two   * d_spaced
                    + d_one   * d_spaced

local digitized_2   = Cs (
                         p_fourbefore  *  (p_aftersplit^0) +
                         p_beforesplit * ((p_aftersplit + d_one^1)^0)
                      )

local p_fourbefore  = d_four * d_split
local p_fourafter   = d_four
local d_spaced      = (Carg(1) * (d_three + d_two + d_one))^1
local p_aftersplit  = p_fourafter * P(-1)
                    + d_three * d_spaced * P(1)^0
                    + d_one^1

local digitized_3   = Cs((p_fourbefore + p_beforesplit) * p_aftersplit^0)

local digits_space  = utfchar(0x2008)

local splitmethods  = {
    digitized_1,
    digitized_2,
    digitized_3,
}

local replacers     = table.setmetatableindex(function(t,k)
    local v = lpeg.replacer(".",k)
    t[k] = v
    return v
end)

function converters.spaceddigits(settings,data)
    local data = tostring(data or settings.data or "")
    if data ~= "" then
        local method = settings.method
        local split  = splitmethods[tonumber(method) or 1]
        if split then
            local symbol    = settings.symbol
            local separator = settings.separator
            if not symbol or symbol == "" then
                symbol = "."
            end
            if type(separator) ~= "string" or separator == "" then
                separator = digits_space
            end
            local result = lpegmatch(split,data,1,separator,symbol)
            if not result and symbol ~= "." then
                result = lpegmatch(replacers[symbol],data)
            end
            if result then
             -- print(method,symbol,separator,data,result)
                return result
            end
        end
    end
    return str
end

-- method 2 : split 3 before and 3 after
-- method 3 : split 3 before and 3 after with > 4 before

-- symbols is extra split (in addition to period)

-- local setup = { splitmethod = 3, symbol = "," }
-- local setup = { splitmethod = 2, symbol = "," }
-- local setup = { splitmethod = 1, symbol = "," }
--
-- local t = {
--     "0.00002",
--     "1", "12", "123", "1234", "12345", "123456", "1234567", "12345678", "123456789",
--     "1.1",
--     "12.12",
--     "123.123",
--     "1234.123",
--     "1234.1234",
--     "12345.1234",
--     "1234.12345",
--     "12345.12345",
--     "123456.123456",
--     "1234567.1234567",
--     "12345678.12345678",
--     "123456789.123456789",
--     "0.1234",
--     "1234.0",
--     "1234.00",
--     "0.123456789",
--     "100.00005",
--     "0.80018",
--     "10.80018",
--     "100.80018",
--     "1000.80018",
--     "10000.80018",
-- }
--
-- for i=1,#t do
--     print(formatters["%-20s : [%s]"](t[i],converters.spaceddigits(setup,t[i])))
-- end

implement {
    name      = "spaceddigits",
    actions   = { converters.spaceddigits, context },
    arguments = {
        {
            { "symbol" },
            { "separator" },
            { "data" },
            { "method" },
        }
    }
}

