[XeTeX] Re: New feature request for XeTeX
Ross Moore
ross at maths.mq.edu.au
Tue Jul 27 04:21:57 CEST 2004
On 27/07/2004, at 4:31 AM, Somadevah at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 26/7/04 4:45:59 pm, ross at ics.mq.edu.au writes:
>
> > If you need something more than a simple character code remapping for
> > certain characters, perhaps those instances could be handled as
> > \active characters in TeX, while the "mapping=...." option would
> allow
> > you to remap the majority of simple characters without having to
> > \activate just about everything. Reasonable compromise?
>
> I suspect this might prove far more valuable than it first looks.
> Would it not allow one to remap from one script to another? So that
> one might type Hindi in unicode Roman transliteration and then be able
> to output it either as Roman transliterated text or Devanagari,
> depending on the "mapping" used for an environment?
Yes, indeed.
This is precisely one of the possible uses of a "font mapping".
Another, more mundane, is a simple solution for the "--" and "---"
*lack of ligature* problem:
"---" could be mapped to ^^^^2014 (em dash)
"--" could be mapped to ^^^^2013 (en dash)
and similarly for other TeX-specific ligature sequences.
Cheers,
Ross
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