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From: rosenkra@hall.cray.com (Bill Rosenkranz)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: troff2lj swallows 'fi'
Message-ID: <3902@hall.cray.com>
Date: 29 Jul 89 21:16:40 GMT
References: <483@lexicon.com> <184@redsun.UUCP>
Reply-To: rosenkra@hall.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN
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In article <184@redsun.UUCP> shawni@redsun.UUCP (Shawn Instenes) writes:
=cspencer@lexicon.com (Cliff Spencer) writes:
=
=>I have a problem with troff2lj generating output that contains
=>spaces where the character sequence fi should be....
=
=Both 'fi' and 'ff' character sequences are eaten.  This makes the word
='file' '  le' and 'efficient' becomes 'e  icient'.
=
=I'm using a LaserJet IID with a Super Cartridge, which contains all the
=fonts I'm ever likely to use.  Does someone have a solution to this
=problem?  A patch?  Some hints?  Other than this small problem, I'm
=very impressed with the output produced by the LaserJet.
=
=
=-- 
=Shawn Instenes     UUCP:...!nosun!qiclab!redsun!shawni
=Senior Programmer, Research Dept., Portland (OR) Public Schools
=Disclaimer:  PPS pays me for my work, not my opinions.



the problem is the ligatures. troff hs ligatures default on. i had the same
problem. the font i was using (and maybe the LJ in general?) did not have
support for them. i forget the command, something like .lg 0 or something.

-bill