Hi Denis, The editing distance between "neighbor" and "neighbour" is 1; neighboᵤr would do.
Leo On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Denis Jacquerye <[email protected]> wrote: > This alternate orthography notation for (s|z) in criticise/criticize > would be more fun if it was discussing (o|ou) in neighbor/neighbour. > One shouldn’t think of a single character to represent the o over both > ou, markup is easier. > > Cheers, > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Well that paragraph is rich text; different fonts (roman and upright) at > > different sizes (text and script size) pretty much makes it formated > > text to me. > > > > Regards, > > Khaled > > > > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 10:19:24AM -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote: > >> Khaled, > >> > >> On a typewriter, the same effect can be achieved as > >> "anathemati<half-interval up>s<BS><1 interval down>z<half-interval up>e" > >> > >> Where would the line between markup and typesetting languages be drawn? > >> > >> Leo > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 05:51:09PM -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote: > >> > > Hi All, > >> > > > >> > > Attached is a part of page 36 of Henry Alford's *The Queen's > English: a > >> > > manual of idiom and usage (1888)* [ > >> > > http://archive.org/details/queensenglishman00alfo] > >> > > > >> > > Is the way to indicate alternative s/z spellings used there plain > text > >> > > (arguably, if it can be done with a typewriter, it is plain text) > >> > > >> > I see a typeset book not an output of a typewriter. > >> > > >> > > or rich text (ignoring the font size of letters s and z)? > >> > > > >> > > If it's the latter, what's the markup to achieve it? > >> > > >> > Using TeX: > >> > > >> > \def\s{${}^{\rm s}_{\rm z}$} > >> > > >> > 49. How are we to decide between {\it s} and {\it z} in such words > as > >> > anathemati\s{}e, cauteri\s{}e, criti\-ci\s{}e, deodori\s{}e, > >> > dogmati\s{}e, > >> > fraterni\s{}e, and the rest? Many of these are derived from Greek > >> > \bye > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Khaled > >> > > > > > > > -- > Denis Moyogo Jacquerye > African Network for Localisation http://www.africanlocalisation.net/ > Nkótá ya Kongó míbalé --- http://info-langues-congo.1sd.org/ > DejaVu fonts --- http://www.dejavu-fonts.org/ >
