On Wednesday 12 August 2009 12:08:16 pm John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:48:15 -0400 > > John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> dijo: > > On Wednesday 12 August 2009 03:28:05 am John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:59:07 -0400 > > > > > > This may work if I can figure it out. Unfortunately, I know > > > zero about TeX. > > > > > > At this point I just need to get combining diacriticals for > > > syllabic (329) and voiceless (325) correctly centered on an l > > > or an m. For letters like n or r the spacing of the combining > > > diacritical is perfect. Note that I do not need stacking at > > > all. > > > > > > When you say "there is a LaTeX exit in 1.3.5" I do not know > > > what you mean. Or are you referring to the formula generator? > > > And bear in mind that I need the character with its > > > diacritical in ordinary text. I assume the code you stated > > > above will do this. Would I enter the code in Story Editor > > > and then the actual glyphs will appear in the canvas? > > > > > > Is there a place where can I read up on the syntax for TeX > > > that I need without having to spend a year studying it? > > > > The tutorial "A Gentle Introduction to TeX" is very old but > > still useful. I have posted a copy here: > > http://wexfordpress.com/tex/gentle.pdf > > Thanks for the PDF. I read the section about diacriticals, but it > did not list the voiceless or syllabic diacritical. Voiceless is > a small circle, similar to the citcle on ?ngstrom, but below the > letter. For characters with a descender it is customary to put > the circle above the letter, although I frequently see it still > below the letter but adjusted lower so it does not impact the > descender. (I would prefer this method, and it should be possible > using Scribus' adjustment to the baseline). The syllabic > diacritical is a small vertical bar and is used the same as the > voiceless symbol. > > So I need to know how to enter these two diacriticals in TeX. If > an underdot below an o is \.o, I need to know what character to > use for these two diacriticals. Or is there a way to use a > Unicode value for the symbol instead of a letter? Also, do they > need a space like the ha?ek? > > And I also need to figure out how to tell Scribus "hey, the next > characters should be rendered as TeX, OK"? Presumably there are > some characters I can enter in Story Editor for the "hey" and the > "OK." > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus With Scribus 1.3.5 and higher you have an icon for TeX. You draw a fram something like a text frame. but it operates differently. There is a sample already in the frame. You can delete that and put any code you like including regular text, diacritics etc.
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