[XeTeX] Conflict between xunicode and fontspec?

[Ross Moore]

i Peter,

On 08/02/2008, at 10:10 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

> When I copy from TeXShop (my preferred PDF viewer) to TextEdit the
> characters are OK, composed as in GNU Emacs, i.e. the XeLaTeX source
> file, or as displayed in the PDF viewer. Pasting the same into GNU
> Emacs shows it decomposed.
>
> When I copy from Adobe Reader 8 to TextEdit the characters are OK,
> composed as in GNU Emacs, i.e. the XeLaTeX source file, or as
> displayed in the PDF viewer. Pasting the same into GNU Emacs shows it
> *alright*.
>
> And when I copy in TextEdit what I had copied before from TeXShop and
> pasted into TextEdit, and paste this secondary copy into GNU Emacs
> *it's composed*.

Yes, in my experience the results from Copy/Paste vary according
to the PDF reader being used, and the editor application being
the target into which you are pasting.
This is true when using the same PDF as the source.

A relevant issue is whether there is a /ToUnicode  table for
the font within the PDF. But that isn't the only issue.


Another aspect is the extent to which word-boundaries
are respected after pasting. This makes it very hard to know
what to put into new /ToUnicode resources for existing TeX fonts.


>
>
> I think this is worth another Apple Bug Report. Can MS Windows users
> feel better?

Certainly this is something that only the big boys can fix.

>
> --
> Mit friedvollen Grüßen
>
>    Pete


Cheers,

	Ross

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