[XeTeX] XeLaTeX and SIunitx

[Tobias Schoel]

Hi,

On 14.05.2012 21:46, Joseph Wright wrote:
> On 14/05/2012 20:38, Tobias Schoel wrote:
>> If I understand you correctly, there are two ways, in which this
>> could/should be solved on package level:
>>
>> 1. siunitx gets an option / command whatever, which does approximately:
>> \ifxetex\input{other file which can include suitable unicode symbols}\fi
>>
>> 2. a new package "xesiunitx" is created, which does approximately:
>> \usepackage{siunitx}
>> \sisetup{definitions using suitable unicode symbols, depending on
>> package option}
>>
>> or
>>
>> \usepackage{siunitx}
>> \testiffonthassymbols
>> \sisetup{definitions using suitable unicode symbols}
>> \else
>> \sisetup{some other helpful definitions}
>> \fi
>
> As I've tried to explain, there are simply too many possible
> combinations to cover things for XeTeX and LuaTeX users without them
> actually checking the settings they use. The best that I can do even
> with pdfTeX is provide some sensible defaults, and even there there are
> failure cases (for a start, any 'non-standard' font packages may well
> fail to give good output).
>
> My current approach is to be honest with XeTeX/LuaTeX users and say
> 'look, you are going to have to check that the font you've chosen to use
> has the correct symbols available'. I am happy to consider changes, but
> what I don't want to do is give the impression that it's possible to do
> all of this automatically: that is not what I've found.
> --
> Joseph Wright
Maybe you missunderstood me. That shouldn't be a feature request to the 
siunitx-package. It was more of a general question.

But what you said seems to indicate to me, that it would be more 
sensible to create my own package "xesiunitx", which solves the problem 
for my situation. As I only use open fonts, there aren't so many 
possibilities, and even for arbitrary fonts, one might only check for 
the "best" solutions and else uses siunitx' fallbacks.

>
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