On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 09:21:15PM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote:
> On 2015-10-30, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:45:38PM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote:
> >> On 2015-10-30, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 09:12:04AM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote:
> >> >> On 2015-10-29, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>
> > OK so it seems we're on the same page. The next question is what
> > information exactly do you need from writeEncodingPreamble? Do you just
> > need a bool 'use_inputenc' that is true if either
> > \usepackage[...]{inputenc} or \usepackage[...]{luainputenc} is output by
> > writeEncodingPreamble?
>
> The important thing is to know, whether it is safe to use the
> \inputencoding macro. This could be a boolean value that is true if:
>
> * \usepackage[...]{inputenc} or \usepackage[...]{luainputenc} is output by
> writeEncodingPreamble
>
> * a package/class that loads inputenc (or luainputenc) is loaded
> (this is tested in writeEncodingPreamble via
> features.isProvided("inputenc")).
Thanks. I have a clear idea of what is needed now.
> > Do you want to do the C++ work or would you prefer for me to? I think it
> > should be simple but I'm happy to do the work since I've finally wrapped
> > my head around the issue.
>
> I'd prefer you to do this.
OK I'll work on it.
> Deciding, what to do in case inputenc is not availabel remains an open
> issue: with XeTeX, we can just use UTF8, otherwise we have to decide
> between conversion with lib/unicodesymbols (or something better suited
> for "pdfstrings") or giving a warning or error.
I see. This is in essence the (currently non-existing) "else" after the
"if" conditions that we've been focusing on in PDFOptions.cpp. Right?
Scott
