Re: texteuro

[Hans van der Meer <hansm@science.uva.nl>]

On Nov 29, 2005, at 12:36, Hans Hagen wrote:

>> I could not redefine the \texteuro. In \showcharacters it stays  
>> empty.
>> Doing \definecharacter texteuro to_some_value in a typescript  
>> does  not work (giving: Runaway argument?)
>>
>
> has to do with \definecharacter being space delimited and  
> typescripts being space ignorant
>
> you define characters in an encoding vector, so
> \startencoding[whatever]
>   \definecharacter ....
> \stopencoding
> which you can do anyplace

I now put "\startencoding[texnansi]\definecharacter texteuro {\symbol 
[europe][EUR]}\stopencoding" in the Tex document sourcetext for a  
font having texnansi encoding but no euro symbol; that works.

However, it seems a bit awkward to have to remember to do this for  
each document -- and remember to delete/change it when another font  
is chosen for the document.
As you explained, in contrast to for example "\def\euro{\symbol 
[europe][EUR]}" this definition does not work inside a typescript.
Is the only generic solution perhaps to be found in special encoding  
files coupled to specific fonts? I.e. having a separate texnansi  
coding for fonts with and without euro symbol?

yours sincerely,
dr. H. van der Meer