Re: displaying dashes

[Matthias Clasen <clasen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Lassi A. Tuura" <lat@xxxxxx>

[...] 

> 
> Here's another patch to jade from about a year ago.  Hope someone
> integrates either this or Brandon's patch into openjade one day...
> 
> 
> The solution consists of:
>  - this code in `void TeXFOTBuilder::characters(const Char *s, size_t n)':
>       case '-':
>       case '<':
>       case '>':
>         os() << "\\NoLigCharacter{" << int(*s) << "}";
>         break;
> 
>  - this addition to jadetex.ltx:
>      \def\NoLigCharacter#1{\char#1{}\ifnum\Mathcount>1\relax\else\mbox{}\fi}
> 
> That is, it adds `\mbox{}' after the character to avoid ligature
> composites -- but only if we are not in a math flow object (I think :-).
> 
> If you approve this change, I'll send a patch to James. 
> 

I have incorporated a similar solution in the current development version
of OpenJade (the change being that I keep track of the math nesting in 
the backend itself and only emit the ligature breaker (\/ instead of 
\mbox{}) only if not in math mode. This avoids jadetex changes).

-- 
Matthias Clasen, 
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Mathematisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg


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