From: Uwe Koloska <koloska@Rcs1.urz.tu-dresden.de>
Subject: Re: Setting double hypens --
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 23:26:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00052123280200.00227@leonore> (raw)
Berend wrote on Sam, 20 Mai 2000:
>Hello All,
>
>In certain fonts the -- produces weird effects because the - isn't a
>straight dash, but something a bit more fancy.
>
>Is it possible in context to replace -- by {\ss --} (or so)?
>
STOP!
-, --, --- and $-$ are all different glyphs!
'-' hyphen
'--' endash
'---' emdash (_not_ used in german!)
if '--' or '---' produces weired effects that is just an error in the
(virtual) font where these character sequences aren't properly mapped (as
a ligature) to the appropriate glyph.
>With \setuphypenmark the default hyphenation can be corrected. Also with
>\setuplanguage |<| and |>| can be corrected.
>
>Can \installcompoundcharacter be used?
>
>The -- is used in: `the year 1999--2000', `in grades 4--8', etc.
>
>Groetjes,
>
>Berend. (-:
Grüße
Uwe
P.S.: Berend: Sorry, I mistakenly send you this posting directly ...
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2000-05-21 21:26 Uwe Koloska [this message]
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2000-05-23 6:04 ` Berend de Boer
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2000-05-22 17:10 ` Berend de Boer
2000-05-22 19:30 ` Hans Hagen
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2000-05-22 17:06 ` Berend de Boer
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2000-05-20 20:20 Frans Goddijn
2000-05-20 8:34 Berend de Boer
2000-05-21 22:15 ` Hans Hagen
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