[OS X TeX] ligatures

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 17, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> 
> On Jul 17, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Dr. Clea F. Rees wrote:
> 
>> If I typeset the following:
>> ---ligature test file---
>> % !TEX TS-program = pdflatex
>> % !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
>> \listfiles
>> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>> \title{Brief Article}
>> \author{The Author}
>> 
>> \begin{document}
>> 
>> f{}f ff shelf{}ful f{}f ff\\
>> 
>> \end{document}
>> ---end test file---
>> then I get (what is to me) unexpected output.
>> 
>> Expected:
>> no-lig-ff lig-ff shel-no-lig-ff-ul no-lig-ff lig-ff
>> 
>> Actual:
>> no-lig-ff lig-ff shel-lig-ff-ul no-lig-ff lig-ff
>> 
>> Why does TeX ignore the instruction not to use the ff ligature in
>> 'shelful' when a line break occurs afterwards? And why does it
>> nonetheless accept the instruction if the f-no-lig-f is typeset in
>> isolation?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> cfr
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Sigh... I have no idea what's going on there. I added a few lines so you can see the effect of putting in the forced new line by itself on the end.
> 
> By the way, that is a bit unrealistic. There is no reason to ever end a line with \\ unless you have additional text after it to put on the next line.
> 
> % !TEX TS-program = pdflatex
> % !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
> \listfiles
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> \title{Brief Article}
> \author{The Author}
> 
> \begin{document}
> 
> f{}f ff shelf{}ful f{}f ff
> 
> f{}f ff shelf{}ful f{}f ff\\
> 
> f{}f ff shelf{}ful f{}f ff\\
> f{}f ff shelf{}ful f{}f ff
> 
> f{}f ff shelf{}ful f{}f ff
> 
> \end{document}
> 
> You might try to ask on the texhax or Mac OS X TeX mailing list (worth joining the latter for lots of experienced and relatively friendly help), or the comp.text.tex news group.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 

Howdy,

Sigh... didn't notice that you sent this through the Mac OS X TeX list. :-)

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)