19 May
2018
19 May
'18
7:12 a.m.
Hi, LuaTeX does not handle ligature inside \localleftbox / \localrightbox. (I found that \localleftbox{\hbox{<<~}} is OK, but ...) The following source reproduces the problem: \hsize=300pt \font\x=ec-lmr10\x {<<~\localleftbox{<<~}The original problem to be solved was for fine French typesetting, in which guillemets are placed running down the left side of a paragraph, as in this paragraph, so long as material is being quoted.~>>} Since \TeX\ breaks paragraphs in arbitrary places, it was impossible to develop a robust macro package that could, in a single pass, place the guillemets in the right positions. \bye The source compiles fine with Aleph. Is this change intended for LuaTeX? Best regards, Hironobu Yamashita