[XeTeX] TECkit map for Latin alphabet to Unicode IPA

[Daniel Greenhoe]

I am having trouble mapping TIPA input sequences involving the
backslash symbol.
An example is the "\:t" sequence used for IPA's voiceless retroflex plosive.
I have tried this is my ascii map file:
   reverse_solidus colon latin_small_letter_t <>
latin_small_letter_t_with_retroflex_hook
which is a directive to map \:t to U+0288.
The TECkit compiler compiles with no errors. But when I actually try
to use it with XeLaTeX,
I get the error "Missing $ inserted". That is, XeLaTeX is trying to
interpret $\:$ as the math mode spacing directive.

I have noted that xunicode also has the same problem:
   \textipa{\:t}

Is there work-around for this?

Dan

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Andy Lin <kiryen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've attached the map ...
>
> I looked over your map example. Thank you very much for taking the
> time to search for and send it. I like the "Define" directives --- I
> think they could be especially useful in the case of a mapping that is
> not 1:1.
>
> Dan
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Andy Lin <kiryen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've attached the map and the compiled .tec file. The annotation is
>> quite bare-bones, but it does have the substitution that you want. For
>> the most part, I've stolen the definitions from xunicode.sty (which is
>> convenient because it has all its definitions in one place). I don't
>> know if there are any errors in the mapping, the timestamp on this
>> says it's from November 2009.
>>
>> In any case, you'd use it like this:
>> %These two lines are for xunicode, if you use it instead
>> %\newfontface\doulos{Doulos SIL}
>> %\def\useTIPAfont{\doulos}
>> \newfontface\tipafont[Mapping=xetex-textipa]{Doulos SIL}
>>
>> So in your tabular example
>>  \begin{tabular}{r>{\tipafont}l}
>>    1. & TA at 2"DENSU \\
>>    2. & TA at 2"DENSU
>>  \end{tabular}
>>
>> It's not an environment though, just a font switch.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> -Andy
>>
>>
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