[XeTeX] Contextual Ligature Problems with OT Tamil Font Converted to AAT

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 19.06.2011 um 15:14 schrieb Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd):

> Yes, but your mail will be read by others (such as myself)
> who are unaware of either of these facts, and will then be
> misled into believing that it should work in their platform.

The term "AAT" stands for "Apple Advanced Typography". The term is  
also used in the fontspec manual. And it appears in many files of the  
TeX distribution.

You shouldn't blame me or others (you not included). But look into  
Wikipedia or some other source of wisdom and information. I am also  
sure that some simple facts can be learned. Like that it's bright when  
it's day and that it's dark when it's night. (At least on Earth.) Put  
into other words: I know where AAT, ICU, and Graphite belong to or  
come from and don't spend further thinking on this, it is to me as  
common as day and night are to most people. And since this is no  
hermetism or esotericism I use them in the same way as the ideas of  
day and night and some million other things.

>
> /Please/, when making platform-specific statements, make
> this obvious in the message; it will save a great deal
> of grief and misunderstandings in the long run.

I did not make platform specific statements, I made software, font,  
and font renderer specific statements.


Does Graphite work on any platform? Why don't you complain here as well?


Would it work to extend netiquette of this list to mention in the  
subject that the reported problem is specific to some OS so that  
recipients can put those OS words into their kill files?

--
Greetings

   Pete

 From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.
				- Sigmund Freud