Hello,
In node ``Text symbols'' there are these two control words
\textascenderwordmark and \textcapitalwordmark, which are by default
undefined in LaTeX. I could not find anything about them in the
Internet, except in the latexrefman project itself. I don't know what
they are for.
On top of that the description for \textcompwordmark is quite unclear to
me. I have read in the LaTeX2e user guide that it is to prevent some
ligature --- which is mainly useful in German, but you can also achieve
this effect by inserting a `{}' or `\relax'. Example:
-\textcompwordmark-
-{}-
-\relax-
{-}{-}
etc.
Furthermore, I think that the manual lacks the following information
about ligatures:
- if the input is in UTF-8, then one can also directly use the right
symbols, – or — for -- or ---. That is probably what a xelatex user
would do.
- With xelatex engine ligatures are not enabled by default, so to get
---, ?`, -- and suchlikes working, you need
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{SOME FONT}
or
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
- Some fonts do not have the --, ---, and suchlikes ligature, and that
is the raison d'être of macros like \textemdash.
Maybe a separate node on ligatures is needed, and we could just refer to
it in the ``Text symbols''
VBR,
Vincent
