On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Peter Dyballa <peter_dyba...@web.de> wrote: > Because it's too late then.
Thank you for your explanation. In that case then I think I will define the map file with the TIPA standard \:t, but I will also define /:t. The \:t (in conformance with TIPA 1.3) can be used with the utility txtconv.exe to pre-process a file before handing it off to XeLaTeX, and the /:t (not in conformance with TIPA 1.3) can be used with XeLaTeX on the fly. Dan On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Peter Dyballa <peter_dyba...@web.de> wrote: > > Am 27.10.2011 um 10:06 schrieb Daniel Greenhoe: > >> If I can do this conversion from the command line, why can't fontspec >> handle it correctly? That is, before fontspec tries to interpret a >> sequence beginning with "\" as a command, why can't it first check to >> see if the sequence is up for replacement by a font mapping? > > Because it's too late then. XeTeX is an extension to TeX that it can handle > 32-bit wide characters and it's additional software put on top of TeX to > alter its output and text setting algorithms to use knowledge built into the > OT fonts. Between reading in a text file and spitting out some other file the > read in text is searched for maths like things. Fontspec and text mapping are > used when it's time to output something. > > It might work to undefine maths related things, it might work to create an > IPA environment in which no maths is executed, it might work to create a > XipaTeX format without maths... > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Atheism is a non prophet organization. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
