[XeTeX] typesetting hyphen in xelatex

Pander pander at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Dec 19 16:24:05 CET 2012


On 2012-12-19 16:15, Sasi Kumar wrote:
> Dear friends,
> 
> When I enter two consecutive "minus" signs, it does not typeset in the
> form of a long dash as in latex. Instead, it appears as two small dashes
> together. So, what should I enter to obtain a long dash? Perhaps, the
> same difference exists in the way three dashes are also typeset in
> xelatex. If it does, could someone please guide me on how to get the
> corresponding dashes in xelatex that one gets in plain latex? I have
> another doubt too. This is regarding what is usually called "smart
> quotes". You know those cute-looking quotes with a bulb at the bottom
> instead of the straight dashes. I am not able to get them in xelatex,
> whereas they used to appear by default in latex when the appropriate
> quote symbols are used.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.

I think it involves this option:
  \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{...}

> Regards,
> Sasi
> 
> -- 
> V. Sasi Kumar
> Free Software Foundation of India
> Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/
> 
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