ConTeXt: Propsal for handling the ß (sharp s)and uppercase in general

ConTeXt: Propsal for handling the ß (sharp s)and uppercase in general

[Tobias Burnus]

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Hi,

after the discussion of the sharp s issue last week, I wrote a summery
about this topic and made some suggestions.

The section "Conclusions for ConTeXt"/"General" (p.3, bottom) should
also be of interest of others (at least for Dutch, Frensh, Italian and
those languages which I missed).

Tobias

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Re: ConTeXt: Propsal for handling the ß (sharp s)and uppercase in general

[Hraban]

Tobias Burnus wrote:
> after the discussion of the sharp s issue last week, I wrote a summery
> about this topic and made some suggestions.

Kleiner Fehler: Das runde (kurze) s erscheint *nur* am Ende einer Silbe!
Das lange s ist (im Fraktursatz) der Standard.
Ferner:
Ich als Setzer würde "SZ" nur dann verwenden, wenn "SS" zu
Missverständnissen führte.

Little mistake: The short s must only be used at the end of a syllable.
Within gothic setting the long s is standard.
Further:
Me as a typesetter would use "SZ" only if "SS" would lead to misunderstanding.

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ConTeXt: Propsal for handling the ß (sharp s)and uppercase in general

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi,

after the discussion of the sharp s issue last week, I wrote a summery
about this topic and made some suggestions.

The section "Conclusions for ConTeXt"/"General" (p.3, bottom) should
also be of interest of others (at least for Dutch, Frensh, Italian and
those languages which I missed).

Tobias

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Re: ConTeXt: Propsal for handling the ß ( sharp s)and uppercase in general

[Hans Hagen]

Hi Tobias, 

>after the discussion of the sharp s issue last week, I wrote a summery
>about this topic and made some suggestions.

Am i right that you propose \sz to stay lowercase (when a string is
uppercased?  

>The section "Conclusions for ConTeXt"/"General" (p.3, bottom) should
>also be of interest of others (at least for Dutch, Frensh, Italian and
>those languages which I missed).

Actually, there is a switch in texutil that makes sure that ij can be
sorted under y -) 

Hans

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