On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:47:26 -0700, Hans Hagen
(A bug: \defineactivecharacter ḻ {\~l} does not work if \showboxes is invoked; weird)
use \normalhbox cum suis when you want to use showboxes (which overloads the primitive box operations)
Hmm, it's more serious than that I'm afraid (utf-8 text follows): =========== % engine=luatex \starttext \defineactivecharacter Ṣ {\d S} \defineactivecharacter ḻ {\~l} \defineactivecharacter ḻ {\normalhbox{\~l}} Ṣādiq a\~l Aḻ\footnote{Ṣādiq a\~l Aḻ} \stoptext =========== The \~l does not work in the footnote in luatex. Is there a workaround? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/