2009/2/8 Kevin Carmody <[email protected]>: > 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 > Thanks, it's now on CVS. > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devnag-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sarovar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devnag-general >
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