On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:26:47PM +0200, Marco wrote:
> Axel Kielhorn <a.kielh...@web.de> writes:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > Some weeks ago I suggested getting information about XeTeX into lshort.
> >
> > Well, here is the first draft.
> > In order to process it, you will need the lshort-4.31 source distributed
> > with TeXLive 2010
> > (or available from a CTAN mirror of your choice).
> >
> > I want to limit this to the essential steps to get a document processed by
> > XeLaTeX.
> >
> > I am open for suggestions and corrections (Note that I am not a native
> > speaker.)
> >
> > My plan is to submit this to Tobias later this year.
> >
> > Axel
> >
> >
>
> >From the text:
>
> > Some editors support digraphs, two letters that are combined into on
> > character. (In \wi{Vim} \texttt{ctrl-k o:} will be transformed into an
> > \"o, \texttt{ctrl-k JA} will created the mirrored R used by a russian
> > toy store chain.)\marginpar{How do you do this in emacs?}
>
> Emacs has a whole set of various "Input methods", including a TeX method
> that mimics the traditional TeX syntax for letters with accents and
> diacritics. Sure you want to enter this topic? ;-)
Exactly, I don't see the point of discussing input methods in such a
short document; if I want to enter Unicode text I surely know a way to
do so or I can look for it in my editor/OS documentation.
Regards,
Khaled
--
Khaled Hosny
Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
Free font developer
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