* Re: [9fans] Ligatures in Plan 9 troff
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@ 2013-07-20 8:03 ` Rudolf Sykora
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From: Rudolf Sykora @ 2013-07-20 8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Hello,
On 18 July 2013 16:18, benjamin.purcell <benjamin.purcell@zoho.com> wrote:
> when I attempt to convert the troff output with dpost. Does anyone know
how to get ligatures using Plan 9 troff?
I also have been unable to typeset ligatures.
I think I once asked the same question here, with no answer.
So, perhaps, if you are in a hurry, use heirloom troff instead, or you may
try and ask Ali Gholami Rudi <aligrudi@gmail.com>, who recently
wrote to me:
# I had not yet publicly announced it and I am just fighting with the
# temptation to start a new pic clone but in any case, neatroff, i.e. my
# new troff implementation, is now usable (http://litcave.rudi.ir/).
# There are some features (the ones that I rarely use myself) missing.
# It comes with its own postscript postprocessor (neatpost) and it can
# use the preprocessors and the macros of the original troff (available
# in my linux port of plan9 troff). I hope to add some of the missing
# features and document the differences between neatroff and groff or
# the original troff in future.
Ruda
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* [9fans] Ligatures in Plan 9 troff
@ 2013-07-18 14:18 benjamin.purcell
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From: benjamin.purcell @ 2013-07-18 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I can't find any support for ligatures (suchas fi, ffi, fl) in the Plan 9 version of troff. The ligature tokens Fi and fi are not defined in the DESC file for troff fonts and no sizing data is given for those ligatures in the R font file for example. When I try to manually typeset a ligature (with the code "\(fi" or "\(Fi" ) I get the error
"cannot find glyph, rune=0x46 stoken <Fi> troff font R"
when I attempt to convert the troff output with dpost. Does anyone know how to get ligatures using Plan 9 troff?
Thank you!
bsp
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