-, -- and --- in Context

-, -- and --- in Context

[Maurí­cio]

Hi,

TeX fonts have the known convention
for -, -- and ---. How would be the
proper way to get those characters
in Context? Should I use Unicode
characters? I know that, at least in
my instalation, -- and --- work as
in TeX, but I would like to know if
Context has a different standard way
to do that.

Thanks,
Maurício

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Re: -, -- and --- in Context

[Mojca Miklavec]

On 11/15/07, Maurí­cio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> TeX fonts have the known convention
> for -, -- and ---. How would be the
> proper way to get those characters
> in Context? Should I use Unicode
> characters? I know that, at least in
> my instalation, -- and --- work as
> in TeX, but I would like to know if
> Context has a different standard way
> to do that.
>
> Thanks,
> Maurício

Hello,

ConTeXt works in the same way as standard/plain TeX. With the "old"
TeX engine(s) (=pdfTeX) that should always work. If you use XeTeX or
LuaTeX as an engine with OpenType fonts, --/--- won't be converted to
endash/emdash automatically, but both engines support using that
shortcut if you ask them to do so (they artificially add a new
ligatire to the font).

So, if you're working with XeTeX and want to use --/---, you need to
explicitely say "mapping=tex-text" when loading a new font, else you
will get two/three dashes.
If you use typescripts, [feature=defaults] will do that for you.

I would say: if you find it easy to input endash & emdash directly, do
that (that's what people on the XeTeX mailing list often recommend).
But you can still use --/--- anytime you want.

Mojca
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