On 7/27/2017 8:09 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

Is it possible to refer in fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature to the word boundary? The luatex manual speaks of a virtual "left_boundary" char, but I couldn't find a way to use it.

\startluacode fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "ltest", type = "ligature", data = { ['1'] = { "a", "b" }, ['2'] = { "d", "a" }, } } \stopluacode

%how to replace only the start a????

\startluacode fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "wtest", type = "ligature", data = { ['1'] = { "left_boundary", "a" }, } } \stopluacode

\definefontfeature[wtest][wtest=yes] \definefontfeature[ltest][ltest=yes] \starttext

\definedfont[file:dejavu-serif.ttf*default]%

{\addff{ltest} ababa\par}

{\addff{wtest} ababa\par}

\stoptext It is possible to check against spaces in contextual lookups. There isn't something like left boundary. I added some test code to the beta but keep in mind that this will only work with self-made features. (I have to check performance impact because I don't like making contextual lookups measurable slower due to some hardly used feature. First test show that it behaves ok.) In the test code below 0xFFFC is the boundary (this 0xFFFC check is the new thing). I adapted a few more things in the loader so best check that out too.

I'll upload a beta. Hans \starttext \startluacode fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "test-a", type = "chainsubstitution", lookups = { { type = "substitution", data = { ["a"] = "A", ["b"] = "B", ["c"] = "C", ["d"] = "D", }, }, { type = "ligature", data = { ['1'] = { "a", "b" }, ['2'] = { "c", "d" }, }, }, }, data = { rules = { { before = { { " ", 0xFFFC } }, current = { { "a" }, { "b" } }, lookups = { 2 }, }, { current = { { "c" }, { "d" } }, after = { { 0xFFFC, " " } }, lookups = { 2 }, }, { current = { { "a" } }, after = { { "b" } }, lookups = { 1 }, }, { current = { { "c" } }, after = { { "d" } }, lookups = { 1 }, }, }, }, } fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "test-b", type = "chainsubstitution", lookups = { { type = "ligature", data = { ['1'] = { "a", "b" }, ['2'] = { "c", "d" }, }, }, }, data = { rules = { { -- the space is redundant as 0xFFFC contains it before = { { " ", 0xFFFC } }, current = { { "a" }, { "b" } }, lookups = { 1 }, }, { current = { { "c" }, { "d" } }, -- the space is redundant as 0xFFFC contains it after = { { 0xFFFC, " " } }, lookups = { 1 }, }, }, }, } fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "test-c", type = "chainsubstitution", lookups = { { type = "ligature", data = { ['1'] = { "a", "b" }, ['2'] = { "c", "d" }, }, }, }, data = { rules = { { before = { { " " } }, current = { { "a" }, { "b" } }, lookups = { 1 }, }, { current = { { "c" }, { "d" } }, after = { { " " } }, lookups = { 1 }, }, }, }, } \stopluacode \definefontfeature[test-a][test-a=yes] \definefontfeature[test-b][test-b=yes] \definefontfeature[test-c][test-c=yes] \startbuffer abababcdcd abababcdcd abababcdcd \stopbuffer \typebuffer \definedfont[file:dejavu-serif.ttf*default,test-a] \getbuffer \blank \definedfont[file:dejavu-serif.ttf*default,test-b] \getbuffer \blank \definedfont[file:dejavu-serif.ttf*default,test-c] \getbuffer \blank \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------