Re: [XeTeX] Minimalist TeX?

2012-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 18, 2012, at 11:59 AM, C Y wrote: If I manage to come up with something functional, would a poppler-removing patch be of interest? I would certainly vote for it as would everyone else interested in kertex or using TeX on a server. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer

[XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Anakreon
Hello list. I use ubuntulinux precise. Special characters such as smart quotes or -- are not typeset as expected. I downloaded and installed the texlive 2011 distribution in the hope that it would solve the problem. However, the problem remains. From suggestions I found on the Internet, a

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Herbert Schulz
On May 21, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Anakreon wrote: Hello list. I use ubuntulinux precise. Special characters such as smart quotes or -- are not typeset as expected. I downloaded and installed the texlive 2011 distribution in the hope that it would solve the problem. However, the problem

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
\newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek]{Times New Roman}  On my system I get the following warning: * * fontspec warning: script-not-exist-latn * * Font 'Times New Roman' does not contain script 'Greek'. * 'Latin' script used instead.

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 21.05.2012 um 15:05 schrieb Anakreon: From suggestions I found on the Internet, a minimal example demonstrating the problem is the following: Try it in a sensible order: \documentclass[twoside,a4paper, 12pt]{article} \usepackage{fontspec}

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Herbert Schulz
On May 21, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote: \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Ligatures=TeX} Howdy, Ligatures=TeX is the updated version of Mapping=tex-text (which is deprecated) so this is overkill. Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread anakreon
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Minion Pro} \newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek,Mapping=tex-text]{Minion Pro} I am using DejaVu Sans. I get warnings regarding this font. For example, substitutes are used for italic font shape. LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `EU1/DejaVuSans(1)/m/it'

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
BTW, in Greek one uses « and » to quote text, not the double quotation marks. How do you insert those characters? Alt- generates « and Alt- generates ». A.S.   -- Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece --

Re: [XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

2012-05-21 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2012/5/21 anakr...@csd.auth.gr: \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Minion Pro} \newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek,Mapping=tex-text]{Minion Pro} I am using DejaVu Sans. I get warnings regarding this font. For example, substitutes are used for italic font shape. LaTeX Font Warning:

Re: [XeTeX] Minimalist TeX?

2012-05-21 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:43:43AM -0400, William Adams wrote: On May 18, 2012, at 11:59 AM, C Y wrote: If I manage to come up with something functional, would a poppler-removing patch be of interest? I would certainly vote for it as would everyone else interested in kertex or using TeX