[XeTeX] problems with fontspec and german sharp s ligature
Rembrandt Wolpert
wolpert at uark.edu
Wed Apr 9 09:07:49 CEST 2008
On my Apple:
press option-key and s -> ß
option-key and u followed by the letter you wish to "umlaut", i.e.
option-key and u then a -> ä
option-key and u then shift-a -> Ä
etc.
Experiment with option-key and letters, you will be surprised what there is
in your keyboard...
As ever,
Rembrandt
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:05 AM, Niels Provos <provos at citi.umich.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Yves Codet <ycodet at club-internet.fr>
> wrote:
> > Being no expert I couldn't say where your problem comes from but it
>
> Yes, you are right. Removing the input encoding worked nicely.
>
> > In Unicode you can write ß directly.
>
> Only if you have a keyboard with an ß character. On a US keyboard, I
> will have to live with "s.
>
> > Maybe the following would be even better, since François created a
> > replacement of Babel, Polyglossia which especially meant for XeTeX:
>
> I tried Polyglossia, but unfortunately, it no longer recognizes my
> umlauts:
>
> "a is converted into ''a instead of ä
>
> etc. However, babel seems to work fine, even if some of the
> hyphenations look incorrect.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Niels.
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