[XeTeX] Question about polyglossia and babel

[Alexey Kryukov]

On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:25:24 -0400
Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:

> The last command ( \defaultfontfeatures ) is what enables fontspec to 
> use --- and " as the standard (La)TeX does. However, with Xe(La)TeX,
> you can enter — and “ (or ” ) directly since that's part of the
> genius of XeTeX.

The question was about babel-styled shorthands rather than standard TeX
ligatures. I believe polyglossia doesn't yet support shorthands for
Russian.

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Regards,
Alexey Kryukov <anagnost at yandex dot ru>

Moscow State University
Historical Faculty