Bonjour,
I am facing a problem with virama while using the velthuis
tranliteration scheme : according the velthuis-sanskrit.map file, virama
is mapped to "&" and "_".
I use FreeSerif fonts and some ligatures can be acceeded using a virama
eg.:
r+r-vocalic (r.r) gives: रृ or
r+virama+r-vocalic (r&.r) gives: र्ऋ
To get the second ligature (र्ऋ), which I prefer, I have to change the
catcode of "&" or"_":
\catcode`\&=11\relax or \catcode`\_=11\relax
Both cases have one major disadvantage: for "&", I can't use tabular
environments, for "_"; I can't use mathematical mode...
Is there a way around this problem? Is there a feature in fontspec
allowing the use of alternative ligatures?
Or do I have to map the virama to an other character (which one?) in
velthuis-sanskrit.map file?
Thank you.
Regards
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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145
Université Paris Descartes
45, rue des Saints Pères
F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
Tél. +33 (0)6 7892 5822
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
