Richard,
Let's see what we've got:
- OS X 10.4.11
- FileMaker Pro 9.0.3 (or Advanced)
- typing in a FileMaker field creates ligatures?
There is still more to check:
in OS X System preferences:
- What system language ()?
- what input method(s) activated in Keyboard menu tab (all should be
Off)?
in FileMaker:
- what language?
- what default font in Preferences -> Fonts (Roman + ??)?
- what Font options? (sync input method should be Off, Font locking
should be On)
- what FONT has the field?
Winfried
www.fmdiff.com
On 23.04.2008, at 22:46, Richard S. Russell wrote:
On 2008 Apr 22, at 20:43, Winfried Huslik wrote:
Richard,
FMP stores what it gets, it does not "make" ligatures, they come
from the outside.
What is the source of your text?
How does it get into FMP?
I bet "fi" and "fl" are ligatures before they get in FMP.
Nope. I type "f", followed by "i", and I get the "fi" ligature.
Same with "f" followed by "l". And I can't manually force them to
revert to separate characters.
It's kind of bizarre in a monospaced font to type a word with a
ligature in it, then see the flashing insertion point sitting out
there 1 space farther to the right of the last typed character than
it should be. Also makes it challenging to find the right place to
click when I want to edit text to the right of a ligature on a line.
That's why I'm still interested in any tips anyone has about how to
turn this feature off system wide. It seems to be a problem
specific to Macs, and maybe even to Mac OS 10.4, since I haven't
heard of anyone else complaining about it.
