* String single quote in \tt
@ 2006-09-11 6:47 Aditya Mahajan
2006-09-11 16:38 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-09-11 6:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I just noticed that in the preprocessing manual, the single quotes
are wrong. Look at the output of
\starttext
\starttyping
let a = 'string' ;
\stoptyping
\mono{ let a = 'string' ;}
{\tt let a = 'string' ;}
\stoptext
The singlequote character is converted into rightquote. This "feature"
is also present in plain tex and Latex.
rightquote string rightquote does not look good in program listings.
Isn't there some way to turn off these intelligent quotes in \tt?
Aditya
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2006-09-11 6:47 String single quote in \tt Aditya Mahajan
@ 2006-09-11 16:38 ` Hans Hagen
2006-09-11 23:47 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2006-09-11 16:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just noticed that in the preprocessing manual, the single quotes
> are wrong. Look at the output of
>
> \starttext
> \starttyping
> let a = 'string' ;
> \stoptyping
> \mono{ let a = 'string' ;}
>
> {\tt let a = 'string' ;}
> \stoptext
>
> The singlequote character is converted into rightquote. This "feature"
> is also present in plain tex and Latex.
>
maybe \noligatures
Hans
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2006-09-11 16:38 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-09-11 23:47 ` Aditya Mahajan
2006-09-12 16:43 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-09-11 23:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just noticed that in the preprocessing manual, the single quotes
>> are wrong. Look at the output of
>>
>> \starttext
>> \starttyping
>> let a = 'string' ;
>> \stoptyping
>> \mono{ let a = 'string' ;}
>>
>> {\tt let a = 'string' ;}
>> \stoptext
>>
>> The singlequote character is converted into rightquote. This "feature"
>> is also present in plain tex and Latex.
>>
> maybe \noligatures
Unless I misunderstood noligature, this does not work.
\pdfnoligatures\tentt
\tt a = 'string' ;
\bye
Still gives me rightquote.
Aditya
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2006-09-11 23:47 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2006-09-12 16:43 ` Hans Hagen
2006-09-12 16:56 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2006-09-12 16:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Unless I misunderstood noligature, this does not work.
>
> \pdfnoligatures\tentt
> \tt a = 'string' ;
> \bye
>
> Still gives me rightquote.
>
we need to ask taco ... he has to run your snippet in his mind/memory
Hans
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2006-09-12 16:43 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-09-12 16:56 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-09-13 2:04 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2006-09-12 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Hans Hagen wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>
>> Unless I misunderstood noligature, this does not work.
>>
>> \pdfnoligatures\tentt
>> \tt a = 'string' ;
>> \bye
>>
>> Still gives me rightquote.
>>
> we need to ask taco ... he has to run your snippet in his mind/memory
The single straight quote in 'Typewriter Text' encoding is \char 13,
the directional one is in the ' slot (no, i do not know why)
Something rude like
\catcode`'=\active \def'{\char13 }
\tt a = 'string' ;
works in this example, but may not be usable in practise.
Cheers, Taco
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2006-09-12 16:56 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2006-09-13 2:04 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-09-13 2:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users, Hans Hagen
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
>> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>
>>> Unless I misunderstood noligature, this does not work.
>>>
>>> \pdfnoligatures\tentt
>>> \tt a = 'string' ;
>>> \bye
>>>
>>> Still gives me rightquote.
>>>
>> we need to ask taco ... he has to run your snippet in his mind/memory
>
> The single straight quote in 'Typewriter Text' encoding is \char 13,
> the directional one is in the ' slot (no, i do not know why)
>
> Something rude like
>
> \catcode`'=\active \def'{\char13 }
> \tt a = 'string' ;
>
> works in this example, but may not be usable in practise.
Thanks. I tried to modify this example to work with context, and the
simplest solution is
\catcode`'=\active
\def'{\raise.6em\hbox{\char13}}
\starttext
\tt a = 'string' ;
\stoptext
One probably also needs
\catcode``=\active \def`{\char0}
I will experiment and see if this definition can be activated on every
teletype font switch.
Aditya
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