On Aug 30, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
Hi Alan,
On 31/08/2010, at 2:12 AM, Alan Munn <am...@gmx.com> wrote:
Hi again, I've encountered another puzzle.
% !TEX TS-program = XeLaTeX
\newcolumntype{I}{>{\begin{ipa}[}l<{]\end{ipa}}}
\begin{document}
\begin{ipa}[PoP]\end{ipa}
\begin{tabular}{I}
PoP
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
For some reason, the first character of the the IPA environment
(whether with a newcolumntype or explicitly encoded into the
column) specification fails to do the correct TIPA mapping.
Enclosing the character in braces solves the problem, but this
doesn't seem ideal.
Any suggestions?
This is a general feature of alignment environments.
The first character in a cell is examined, in case it is (or expands
to) \omit , which is the signal to ignore the template coding. This
can lead to the \catcode becoming not what you want, as in your
example, since it is the template coding that is going to establish
what you want.
A simple work-around is to start any cell, whose contents start with
a macro, with \relax .
Thanks, Ross.
Why does the same code work with the IPA environment using tipa.sty
and regular latex?
Alan
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