[XeTeX] Localized XeLaTeX: was Greek XeLaTeX

Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sat Oct 16 16:50:19 CEST 2010



Herbert Schulz wrote:

> I thought the symbols that are used for different units are set by international standards. Do you really want to spend time localizing something such that nobody else will ever understand it? Don't you think everyone should attempt to learn the standards so we can talk to each other?

If the letter "m" doesn't appear on a Greek keyboard, Herb
(which seems highly probable), entering a scientific,
engineering or technical text in which "millimetres" had
to be frequently specified would be a nightmare if they
had to be entered as "mm".  My 0,02 Euro :-)

** Phil.


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