Dear gang,

It appears that internal opentype feature tlig is not supported in the export. For current purposes this is not critical; but not sure if this is intentional or a bug, so reporting it here.

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\setupbackend[export=yes]

\starttext

\startchapter[title=The tlig feature]
\startparagraph
In \TeX\ it is still common to use two keyboard dashes to obtain an en-dash. An en dash is used to indicate a number range, e.g., 1785--1906.

In \TeX\ it is still common to use three keyboard dashes to obtain an em-dash. An em-dash is used to indicate a prominent parenthesis---in modern usage the en-dash is becoming more popular for this task---as well as between the end of an epigraph and its author.

In \Context\ there is a dedicated control sequence for the en-dash. An en-dash is used to indicate a number range, e.g., 1785\endash{}1906.

In \Context\ there is a dedicated control sequence to obtain an em-dash. An em-dash is used to indicate a prominent parenthesis\emdash{}in modern usage the en-dash is becoming more popular for this task\emdash{}as well as between the end of an epigraph and its author.
\stopparagraph
\stopchapter
\stoptext
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Thanks and best wishes
Idris
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Idris Samawi Hamid
Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Attachment: export-tlig.tex
Description: TeX document

Attachment: export-tlig.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Attachment: export-tlig-div.xhtml
Description: application/xhtml

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