[OS X TeX] Hyphenation
scheissenochmal2003 at yahoo.de
scheissenochmal2003 at yahoo.de
Thu Apr 7 18:27:09 CEST 2005
Hi all,
Thomas Schröder wrote:
> In the German version "= is used for the same purpose. Therefore, I
> defined the following 2 commands in my preamble:
>
> \def\BindeStrich{"=}
> \let–=\BindeStrich
>
> There's a gotcha to this trick, though: it only
> works with the Mac or Unicode keyboard layouts, so, you'll lose some
> degree of compatibility when exchanging files with people who do not use
> a Mac or Unicode. But then, you could always replace all "-"'s by "–"'s
> :-)
I suggest replacing all "-"s by ""="s directly in case a compatibility
issue in file exchange appears...
> And finally you'd have to load the Mac keyboard layout by typing
>
> \usepackage[applemac]{inputenc}
>
> in the preamble.
Another downside of this is that it does not work with XeTeX; processing
a document using your method with XeLaTeX results in an actual en dash
("--" or "\textendash").
> HTH, Thomas
As for readibility, I think your suggestion does a good job although it
would enerve me to have all the (typographically incorrect) en dashes in
sight all the time.
Cheers,
Stephan
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