Re: luatex feature question/request

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:01:13 -0600, Olivier <billet@eurecom.fr> wrote:
> 
>>> Interesting, I was thinking about something similar recently:
>>>
>>> A user should be able to define or augment a database such that
>>> many-to-most ties are done automatically:
>> I am a bit affraid by such a feature: there are cases where it is hard
>> to decide (automatically, because it means going down to the grammatical
>> level) if a tie has to be added or not. Therefore the end user always
>> have to choose the right thing to do: in one case, he has to add ties
>> when needed, in the suggested case he has to remove them. It seems to me
>> that the original problem is transformed into another dual one.
>> (Of course, this might prove useful if there are less exceptions in the
>> end, but I'm a bit sceptical.)
> 
> Thus, it should be a completely configurable by the user, then the user  
> can manage the exceptions. Based on my experience, it would save time to  
> have the option of a general framework -- and deal with the 10%+/- of  
> exceptions, than to have to enter every tie manually, and then proofread  
> to make sure you got the 90%+/- right.
> 
> I'm sure we could come up with a reasonable, flexible framework for this...

this kind of functionality is not that hard to implement (there is 
already some of it) and it will be under user control of course

Hans

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