On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:16:42 -0600, Hans Hagen
Hans and Taco can probably tell you more. it all depends on what we want to achieve ...
- we can have font fixers (dynamically extend fonts with features, but this demands knowledge of the font) - we can have replacements in the node list (attribute driven, relatively easy to implement) so before i start looking into this, we need to investigate what is needed (and what for)
For things like my journal, I get lots of inconsistent transliterations, and we are not yet at the stage where we can enforce behavior on authors. I would like to be able to do things like Mohamed -> Muḥammad which would save me a lot of time in proofreading, editing, etc. Getting the transliteration for the entire journal consistent is a tedious pain, and eventually I can have a nice database that will cover most cases. This is also much more convenient than using control-sequence definitions and watching out for spaces etc.
(only mkiv)
Indeed ;-) Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523