Re: displaying dashes

Subject: Re: displaying dashes
From: Brandon Ibach <bibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:26:51 -0600
Quoting Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Brandon Ibach writes:
>  >    Which backend are you using for print output?  In TeX, two dashes
>  > in a row get converted to a single dash of a certain size in the
>  > output.  However, I would think that the TeX backend would fix this
>  > for you.  Can anyone comment on that?
> 
> you'd think it would be easy, wouldn't you? sadly, its not. its a flaw 
> in TeX that ligatures are in fonts, and cannot be controlled in
> macros. I wish i'd found a good solution.
> 
   Yeah, I suppose you're bound to encounter difficulty any time you
have a program create input for a system, like TeX, which is designed
to be written by hand.  All of the "features" which are designed to
make hand coding easier tend to make automated generation a little
harder.
   In this case, it seems you'd just need to map -- to --{}-- (or
something like that... I'm no TeXnician) on the input, either via
macros or in the OpenJade backend, whichever would be easier.  Of
course, this could be more complex than I'm giving it credit for. :)

-Brandon :)


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