Hello again, I've just added an additional command for Sama Veda transliateration, \dnsamavedatrans.
Kevin > Hello Zdenek and Sentooran, > > Zdenek Wagner wrote: >> 2009/2/7 Kevin Carmody <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hello Santooran, >>> >>> The \dnveda command redefines \= as a fixed-width downward accent. This is >>> why {\dn\dnveda \|{\NormalFont <\={a}>} generates an underline. Use \dnveda >>> only with devanagari. Unfortunately \| does not work with transliteration. >>> Perhaps someone can fix this. >>> >>> >> Should \NormalFont restore \= to standard LaTeX definition? It should >> be easy and I can do it if desired. >> > No, that won't fix everything. \| needs to work differently for > transliteration. > > I've just developed a fix that works like this: Use \dnveda only for > Devanagari, and use a new command, \dnvedatrans, for transliteration. > I've uploaded the fix to my web site at http://kevincarmody.com/tex - > I never could get CVS to work for me. The fix includes revised > devanagari.sty, dnmacs.tex, vedasample.dn, and vedasample.pdf. Section > 10 of the manual could also use an update also but I haven't done this. > > Kevin >> >>> Kevin >>> >>> Sentooran wrote: >>> >>> Hello. >>> >>> First of all, thank you for all your work on the devnag/devanagari package. >>> I am using devnag for some work on the Vedas. In the process, I have >>> developed a query/suggested improvement for the functionality of the >>> devanagari package as it stands. >>> >>> The work involves transliterating the Sanskrit Vedic hymns into English. >>> This requires that, not only do I use the standard LaTeX commands to produce >>> accented letters of the Roman alphabet, but that I supply intonation >>> markings similar to the ones provided by the Rig Veda macros of the >>> devanagari package, to the Roman letters themselves. >>> >>> Can the devanagari package do this at current? >>> >>> There is a partial solution. To produce, say, an upward intonation accent on >>> a Roman letter, for example 'a', we can use the command >>> {\dn\dnveda\|{\NormalFont <a>}}, which works fine. The problem is that we >>> run into trouble when attempting to do this to an accented Roman letter such >>> as \={a} or ā. In this case, when applying the previous command to this >>> accented letter, the devnag preprocessor is unable to the place the >>> intonation accent above the bar and instead shifts the bar to below the >>> letter (as though it has been underlined) and places the intonation accent >>> above the 'a', producing something like a with an upward intonation accent >>> above it. >>> >>> Do you know of the solution to this? >>> >>> And finally, a possible suggestion: is it possible in the package at current >>> to adjust the vertical spacing between upward and downward intonation >>> accents (both above and below letters) and the actual letters themselves? I >>> ask because sometimes the upward intonation accents can appear too close to >>> the letters themselves, making it confusing to read. >>> >>> Thank you very much for at least reading this email. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Sentooran >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devnag-general mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sarovar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devnag-general >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devnag-general mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sarovar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devnag-general >>> >>> >> >> >> >>
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