On 7 January 2011 07:17, Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> wrote: > Am Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:38:26 +0100 schrieb Philipp Stephani: > >> BTW, you should _not_ do something like replacing ^c by ĉ. If you >> want ĉ, type ĉ. Use a keyboard layout that contains that >> character, an input method, or some auto-correction function of >> your text editor, but don't transform text while processing. > > In general I agree, but there are some cases where I prefer not to > input the real char. -- and --- are such cases. Even if – and — > where easier to input on my keyboard: I have difficulties to > distinguish -, – and — in my editor(s). > > Btw: I think this type of "fake ligatures" (-- to –) could be used > for the translation discussed here. One would naturally have to > enable ^ in text mode (along the way _ is enable with > underscore.sty). The translation could then be enabled by font > switches. >
The Greek input encoding in cbgreek, lfb and ibycus fonts use the ligature system from Metafont to implement the transliterations; a similar approach is done with the virtual fonts of bgreek: so I am very keen on understanding how ligatures work in LuaTeX. A reference to a primer on this subject is surely welcome. Thanks, -- Luis Rivera O< http://www.asciiribbon.org/ campaign
