From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41033 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Bowen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Arabic transliteration Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 18:45:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <626500D1-90F2-4A55-BF61-1F53074CD027@princeton.edu> <6faad9f00805131524n6809d7ect2e9969967d8d326a@mail.gmail.com> <6faad9f00805141017u60354ce0y4b797d020d56a8d5@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210805229 19767 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2008 22:47:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:47:09 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu May 15 00:47:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JwPl9-00085S-LJ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:47:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F5501FC11; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29937-02-8; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A87E1FBC5; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C59861FBF1 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29937-02-7 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:45:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (vms044pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.44]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5052F1FBC5 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:45:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from new-host.home ([71.188.48.225]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K0V00L96R7GMQ69@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 14 May 2008 17:45:16 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <6faad9f00805141017u60354ce0y4b797d020d56a8d5@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:41033 Archived-At: Ugly things indeed, Mojca. And even more so given my limited skills. = Here is what I have for =93H=94 with a breve accent below. \def\Hbrevebelow{H\smash{\lower1.9ex\hbox{\kern-3pt\llap{\char'010}}} = \kern3pt} This only =93works=94 in an italic environment by the way. With apologies to the wizards on this list, Alan On May 14, 2008, at 13;17,49 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: >> Many thanks, Idris and Mojca. >> >> If all goes well, I will move to luatex this summer---that really = >> does >> seem to be the way to go---and then investigate XeTeX, which I gather >> is now functioning well with luatex. For now, however, I will have to >> cobble a macro using hints that Mojca provided. > > My hint(s) only work in XeTeX and LuaTeX. > >> By the way I am using Latin Modern (ec encoding). > > With ec encoding you really need to do ugly things. You need to > compose a character by more or less manually lowering the breve accent > and take care for italic correction yourself. Not even accent > primitive can be used for it. And you cannot use the combining accent > after the character or the proper Unicode glyph (though the latter > might be possible by patching some definition in ConTeXt core), you > always need to use a macro. > > With XeTeX and LuaTeX all that comes (almost) for free. > > Mojca > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an = > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-co= ntext > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________