[XeTeX] Extra trailing space in IPA font with xltxtra

[Paolo Matteucci]

2010/9/22 Ulrike Fischer <news3 at nililand.de>

>
> xunicode has changed the definition of \implementTIPAtextx. It is
> now (in 0.95)
>
> \expandafter\ifx\csname scantokens\endcsname\relax
>  \def\implementTIPAtextx#1{#1\egroup}
> \else
>  \def\implementTIPAtextx#1{\scantokens{#1}\egroup}
> \fi
>
> Reverting to the old definition from 0.91
>
>  \usepackage{xltxtra}
>  \def\implementTIPAtextx#1{#1\egroup}
>
> removes the trailing space.
>
> So it is a bug in xunicode.
> <http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex>
>

Thank you, Ulrike. Then I think we should ask Ross to have a look at this:
if he used \scantokens (when defined), there must be a reason! ;-)

 Paolo
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