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Subject [NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner and
related Unicode control characters
(It seems he never considered making it an opentype feature in the font itself,
but since his focus is/was XeTeX/HB (HB is rather rigid and dictatorial) I
guess that's not surpri
On 9/22/2023 3:51 PM, Hamid,Idris wrote:
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Date 9/22/2023 7:15:25 AM
Subject [NTG-context] Re: Togglin
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Date 9/22/2023 7:15:25 AM
Subject [NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner a
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Date 9/22/2023 7:03:34 AM
Subject [NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner a
On 9/22/2023 2:39 PM, Hamid,Idris wrote:
b. we want all Unicode control symbols to be suppressed in final pdf output
(for, e.g., printing).
they basically are unless some font features keeps them around which is
out of our control
irr it was you who wanted them to be wiped decades ago as som
Hi,
I found it ...
\startbuffer
\definedfont[almfixed*default]hello w\zwnj o\zwj r\zwnj l\zwj d
\stopbuffer
\getbuffer
\start
\setcharacterstripping[1]
\getbuffer
\stop
so now, being its only user, you have to wikify it ...
Hans
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Subject [NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner and
related Unicode control characters
1. Can this approach be generalized to get what we want, viz., a way to toggle
the symbols?
given the inconsistency in what is or is not in a font the only way out
is to have our own
/21/2023 3:29:22 PM
Subject Re: [NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner and
related Unicode control characters
Many thanks, Hans. The method appears to work only for nbsp, not zwj etc.
Here is the updated MWE:
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\startTEXpage[offset=1em]
\disabletrackers[typesett
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Date 9/21/2023 3:29:22 PM
Subject Re: [NTG-context] Re: T
On 9/21/2023 10:53 PM, Hamid,Idris wrote:
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Date 9/21/2023 8:52:45 AM
Subject [NTG-context] Re:
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Date 9/21/2023 8:52:45 AM
Subject [NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner a
On 9/21/2023 3:31 PM, Hamid,Idris wrote:
Dear gang,
Within a font, relevant Unicode control characters such as the zero-width
joiner usually have symbolic representation, but in printing the symbols are
usually suppressed, while the effect of each character is maintained.
In some text editors
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