On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:51:37 -0600, Hans Hagen
\defineactivecharater + {\narrownobreakspace}
و+الباب
(untested, but on my list)
But per the current definition I should be able to define U+"202F as, e.g., .7ex in the font and get the same effect, right?
why make a character active and let it expand to itself as letter?
normally the font handler never sees that character as there is no character -> glyph issue involved
just insert the utf character as-is
Sure, but two motivations: 1) In fine Arabic typesetting this can occur literally dozens of times a page, so I need something visible/convenient analogous to tilda/~ (which -- I am ashamed to say -- I still use in mkiv) 2) I can't currently "see" "202F in my editor (notepad++) and the current syntax-highlighting features don't display it automatically. (Eventually I have to port the ConTeXt support package for Npp to a lexer/plugin where I can define these things explicitly, but first I need someone who knows that lexer stuff to help...) Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523