Tim Waugh wrote:
> <!DOCTYPE para ...>
> <para>Two dashes or not two dashes: --?</para>
>
> gets converted using openjade to TeX correctly, so long as you use the
> right patch from CVS. (The two dashes come out as '-\/-\/', and so
> don't get interpreted together as a long dash.)
>
> But xmltex/passivetex gives incorrect output, that reads:
>
> "Two dashes or not two dashes: -?" (the single dash is long)
PassiveTeX reads directly XML source so there is no preprocessing stage
as in JadeTeX which can turn -- into -\/-\/. Standard TeX ligature
processing cann't be turned off AFAIK. Maybe Sebastian could talk more
on this topic.
> Any ideas on how to fix it, or even whereabouts the bug is?
If you want quick workaround, you can insert zero-width joining space
character (?) between two -:
<para>Two dashes or not two dashes: -​-?</para>
Jirka
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