[XeTeX] Mac OS X Savoye

[Ross Moore]

On 28/11/2005, at 10:05 AM, Mark Moll wrote:

>
> On Nov 27, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

>> However, I'm not promising this right now.... just thinking aloud.  
>> Suggestions are welcome.
>
> Wouldn't it be easier to introduce an `escape' character (such as ` 
> \') to use special characters like `:'? One could then write:
>
> \test=Savoye LET Plain\:1 at 20.0pt

Is XeTeX aware of category codes at this point ?

That is, do these give the same result, or different ?

\catcode`\: 11  % change : to become a letter
\catcode`\. 11  % change . to become a letter
\testA="Savoye LET Plain:1.0" at 20.0pt
{\testA  testing letter }

\catcode`\: 12  % change : back to being an 'other' character
\catcode`\. 12  % change . back to being an 'other' character
\testB="Savoye LET Plain:1.0" at 20.0pt
{\testB  testing other }


It would be a natural TeX-like way to have these being different,
but I don't have the font to run such a test myself.

(Hmm; maybe the digits 0 and 1 need to have changed cat-codes too.)


Hope this helps,

	Ross

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