Subject: Re: displaying dashes From: "Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:13:12 +0000 (GMT) |
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. Sebastian DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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