[XeTeX] Conflict between xunicode and fontspec?

[Julien ÉLIE]

Hi François,

>> This sounds like polyglossia doesn't recognize the non-breaking space
>> as a "space", and so adds space of its own; I expect François can
>> update this.
>
> Sure, this should not be too difficult. I will look into this next
> week-end.

Thanks a lot.


> Indeed. I have not yet considered cases like "test !" and "test~!".
> Currently polyglossia expects the input to be "test!" and inserts the
> appropriate kerning, just as it was done in antomega by means of OTPs.

I believe it should give the same result, with the accurate spacing,
whatever space is given (even "test     !" or 0x2003 [ESPACE CADRATIN]
or 0x200A [ESPACE ULTRAFINE] or 0x202F [ESPACE INSÉCABLE ÉTROITE] or...).
Otherwise, the user should use "\string!".


>>> It is not good at all...
>
> Bonjour Julien. Please bear with me! Polyglossia is only a few weeks old
> and has not even reached "alpha status"!

Yep, I know!  Sorry for my having been a bit rude.  I was speaking about
the spacing when I wrote "It is not good at all", not about the whole
package which I understand is in development.


> Patches are of course most than welcome ;-)

Sure but I am currently unable to write complex macros like the ones
we can find in French Babel:

    http://ftp.oleane.net/pub/CTAN/macros/latex/required/babel/frenchb.dtx

I know how to add thinks like:

    \def\ier{\textsuperscript{\lowercase{er}}\xspace}

But for more complex macros like \AddThinSpaceBeforeFootnotes, I am
not TeX-fluent at all!

    \ifLaTeXe
      \newcommand{}{\thinspace at FNtrue}
      \AtBeginDocument{\let\@footnotemarkORI\@footnotemark
                   \def\@footnotemarkFR{\leavevmode\unskip\unkern
                                        \,\@footnotemarkORI}%
                   \ifthinspace at FN
                     \let\@footnotemark\@footnotemarkFR
                   \fi}
      \def\ftnISsymbol{\@fnsymbol\c at footnote}
      \long\def\@makefntextFR#1{\ifx\thefootnote\ftnISsymbol
    [...]

is the beginning of supporting \AddThinSpaceBeforeFootnotes and I am
not good enough to convert it to Polyglossia, that is to say what
should be changed between LaTeX and XeLaTeX.
Otherwise, it would have been a pleasure to help.


> And thanks for your "bug report" of course.

Better say a "feature request" :)


> I am prepared to make polyglossia eventually as
> feature-rich as Babel (or rather more so!), but in some cases this will
> take some time.

That sounds very great!
Thanks!

-- 
Julien ÉLIE

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