[XeTeX] Grid typesetting

2011-03-02 Thread Pander
Hi all, I don't know if any of you have tried this but XeLaTeX + memoir documentclass + grid package results in very good grid typesetting. So far it solves all the problems (even without using its gridenv) I had with aligning lines in columns and identical vertical offset of paragraphs after hea

Re: [XeTeX] Space characters and whitespace

2011-03-02 Thread enrico . gregorio
Tobias Schoel wrote: > So would it be wise to make for example u2009 (narrow space) and u202f > (narrow no break space) active and map it to {\,} or {\nolinebreak\,} > respectively? > > ciao > > Toscho > > Am 22.02.2011 23:00, schrieb enrico.grego...@univr.it: > [...] > > See my message

Re: [XeTeX] Space characters and whitespace

2011-03-02 Thread Tobias Schoel
So would it be wise to make for example u2009 (narrow space) and u202f (narrow no break space) active and map it to {\,} or {\nolinebreak\,} respectively? ciao Toscho Am 22.02.2011 23:00, schrieb enrico.grego...@univr.it: Tobias Schoel wrote: Inspired by the discussion about stretching and

Re: [XeTeX] No-Break Space

2011-03-02 Thread enrico . gregorio
"Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)" wrote: > enrico.grego...@univr.it wrote: > > > You can try with > > > > \newunicodechar{·}{·\nobreak\hspace{0pt}} > > Can you really use an instance of "·" within the > \newunicodechar definition of "." ? Yes. :-) The definition of \newunicodechar is essential

Re: [XeTeX] No-Break Space

2011-03-02 Thread enrico . gregorio
BPJ wrote: > Thanks, I'll try it. What about *before* the dot? > Will \newunicodechar{·}{\hspace{0pt}\nobreak·\nobreak\hspace{0pt}} > do the trick? Although most dots appear after prefixes some > don't, and some prefixes are long too. Everything before MIDDLE DOT will be hyphenated normally. My

Re: [XeTeX] No-Break Space

2011-03-02 Thread BPJ
2011-03-02 17:04, enrico.grego...@univr.it skrev: BPJ wrote: I just realized that the solution to a problem I've had may lurk here: I've been using interpuncts U+00B7 inside some words, and XeTeX won't hyphenate those words. However it's not only that I want them hyphenated -- I don't want the

Re: [XeTeX] No-Break Space

2011-03-02 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
enrico.grego...@univr.it wrote: You can try with \newunicodechar{·}{·\nobreak\hspace{0pt}} Can you really use an instance of "·" within the \newunicodechar definition of "." ? Philip Taylor -- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, e

Re: [XeTeX] No-Break Space

2011-03-02 Thread enrico . gregorio
BPJ wrote: > I just realized that the solution to a problem I've had may lurk > here: I've been using interpuncts U+00B7 inside some words, and > XeTeX won't hyphenate those words. However it's not only that I > want them hyphenated -- I don't want them hyphenated too close > to the interpunct!