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F= rom:=20Hans=20Hagen=20<j.hagen@xs4all.nl>

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To:=20mailing=20list=20for=20ConTeXt=20users=20<ntg-context@ntg.nl>,=20T.=20Kurt=20Bond=20<tkurtbond@gmail= .com>

Cc:=20Thomas=20A.=20Schmitz=20<= thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>

Subject:=20Re:=20[NTG-c= ontext]=20composing=20commands

Date:=20Mon,=208=20Feb=2020= 21=2010:53:01=20+0100

Mailer:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(Windows=20N= T=2010.0;=20Win64;=20x64;=20rv:78.0)=20Gecko/20100101 =20Thunderbird/78.7.1

X-Spam-Score:=200.0

On=202/6/2021=2011:41=20PM,=20T.=20Kurt=20Bond=20wrote:

I=20think=20that=20it=20= would=20be=20useful. =20I=20use=20Unicode=20characters=20extensively= =20
in=20my=20ConTeXt=20input,=20but=20only=20because=20I=20edit= =20it=20in=20Emacs=20and=20can=20set=20up=20
keymaps=20that = map=20to=20the=20Unicode=20characters=20in=20a=20way=20that=20I=20can=20act= ually=20
remember. =20I=20think=20that=20this=20would=20add= =20an=20easily=20remembered=20way=20for=20
people=20to=20add=20co= mbining=20characters=20to=20their=20documents. =20Sometimes=20a=20
slightly more=20verbose=20way=20to=20do=20something=20is=20help= ful=20when=20it=20is=20more=20
easily=20remembered. =20(Hone= stly,=20I=20can't=20remember=20the=20hex=20codes=20for=20any=20
U= nicode=20characters=20after=20you=20get=20out=20of=20the=20range=20that=20m= aps=20to=20plain=20ASCII
I=20anyway=20uprgade=20this= =20mechanism.=20First=20of=20all,=20the=20short=20commands=20will=20
<= pre>be=20equivalents=20to=20more=20verbose=20ones.

\withgrave=20=20=20=20=20=20=20{a}=20=3D=3D=20\\`{a}
\withacute= =20=20=20=20=20=20=20{a}=20=3D=3D=20\\'{a}
\withcircumflex=20=20{= a}=20=3D=3D=20\\^{a}
\withtilde=20=20=20=20=20=20=20{a}=20=3D=3D= =20\\~{a}
\withmacron=20=20=20=20=20=20{a}=20=3D=3D=20\\=3D{a}
\withbreve=20=20=20=20=20=20=20{e}=20=3D=3D=20\\u{e}
\wit= hdot=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20{c}=20=3D=3D=20\\.{c}
\withdieresi= s=20=20=20=20{e}=20=3D=3D=20\\"{e}
\withring=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20{u}=20=3D=3D=20\\r{u}
\withhungarumlaut{u}=20=3D=3D=20\\H{u}
\withcaron=20=20=20=20=20=20=20{e}=20=3D=3D=20\\v{e}
\wi= thcedilla=20=20=20=20=20{e}=20=3D=3D=20\\c{e}
\withogonek=20=20= =20=20=20=20{e}=20=3D=3D=20\\k{e}

Did=20I=20miss= =20one?

Then=20we=20can=20deprecate=20the=20short= =20ones=20(keep=20them=20a=20low=20profile,=20with=20
permission= =20to=20overload).=20After=20all,=20I=20don't=20expect=20someone=20who=20ne= eds=20
lots=20of=20them=20to=20use=20these=20commands,=20so=20mor= e=20verbose=20is=20better=20then.=20Aas=20
I=20already=20mentione= d,=20in=20bib=20files=20they=20are=20treated=20differently=20already.
=

The=20low=20level=20helper=20is=20\chr,=20that=20can=20= be=20used=20as

\chr=20{a=CC=80}=20\chr=20{a=CC=81}= =20\chr=20{a=CC=88}
\chr=20{`a}=20\chr=20{'a}=20\chr=20{"a}
=
\chr=20{a=20acute}=20\chr=20{a=20grave}=20\chr=20{a=20umlaut}
\chr=20{aacute}=20=20\chr=20{agrave}=20=20\chr=20{aumlaut}

=
(I=20can=20add=20more=20of=20the=20verbose,=20like=20{cyrillic= =20a}=20if=20really=20needed.=20It=20
means=20that=20we=20can=20d= eclare=20\eacute=20etc=20also=20depricated=20(these=20verbose=20
= names=20date=20from=20\MKII,=20encoding=20neutral=20labels,=20utf=20handlin= g,=20remapping=20
to=20backend=20encodings=20etc=20but=20we=20don= 't=20need=20that=20and=20I'm=20not=20sure=20if=20
anyone=20ever= =20used=20those=20long=20names.=20Again,=20depricated,=20not=20removed=20(y= et).)

Then=20there=20is=20the=20question=20what=20= to=20do=20with=20\AE=20and=20\ij=20and=20such=20...=20
these=20we= re=20used=20to=20enforce=20specific=20ligatures=20into=20a=20file=20assumin= g=20that=20
f=20ont=20has=20them=20but=20nowadays=20that's=20the= =20job=20of=20a=20font=20handler=20(script=20
language=20control)= .=20We=20can=20keep=20them=20but=20assume=20them=20legacy.=20They=20
<= pre>normally=20don't=20belong=20in=20input.=20(Being=20Dutch=20I=20actually= =20never=20used=20\IJ=20
or=20\ij).

Now,= =20we=20can=20assume=20that=20when=20your=20languages=20needs=20characters= =20with=20
accents=20that=20you=20use=20a=20font=20that=20has=20t= hem.=20In=20MKIV=20and=20LMTX=20one=20can
enable=20a=20checker

\enabletrackers[fonts.missing]
\enabletrac= kers[fonts.missing=3Dreplace]
\enabletrackers[fonts.missing=3Drem= ove]

but=20in=20LMTX=20it's=20upgraded=20with=20mo= re=20clever=20replacements=20(Jano=20will=20
document=20that=20+= =20more=20about=20checking=20missing=20stuff=20in=20the=20wiki).
=
So,=20in=20LMTX=20we=20have=20more=20options=20(maybe=20I'll= =20backport=20that=20to=20MKIV)

\checkmissingchara= cters=20=20=20\enabletrackers[fonts.missing]
\removemissingcharac= ters=20=20\enabletrackers[fonts.missing=3Dremove]
\replacemissing= characters=20\enabletrackers[fonts.missing=3Dreplace]
\handlemiss= ingcharacters=20=20\enabletrackers[fonts.missing=3D{decompose,replace}]

the=20last=20one=20will=20inject=20decomposed=20chara= cters=20into=20the=20list=20when=20font=20
lacks=20the=20real=20t= hing.=20The=20replacements=20visualize=20similar=20to=20MKIV=20but=20
=
adapt=20to=20the=20style.

Hans

=
(no=20upload=20yet)

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