[XeTeX] Smart quotes, xelatex texlive 2011

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 21, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Anakreon wrote:

> Hello list.
> 
> I use ubuntulinux precise. Special characters such as smart quotes or "--" are not typeset as expected. I downloaded and installed the texlive 2011 distribution in the hope that it would solve the problem. However, the problem remains. From suggestions I found on the Internet, a minimal example demonstrating the problem is the following:
> 
> \documentclass[twoside,a4paper, 12pt]{article}
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Times New Roman}
> \newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek]{Times New Roman}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \setdefaultlanguage{greek}
> \setotherlanguage{english}
> \begin{document}
> Outside ``english'' environment --
> 
> \begin{english}
> ``Quotes'' -- inside english environment  
> \end{english}
> 
> \begin{greek}
>   ``Ελληνικό'' -- περιβάλλον
> \end{greek}
> 
> ``Ελληνικά''
> \end{document}
> 
> 
> 
> I have attached the resulting pdf file and the original tex example. Experiments with other fonts (DejaVu Sans) made no difference.<test.pdf><test.tex>


Howdy,

You haven't set the Mapping for the greekfont:

\newfontfamily\greekfont[Script=Greek,Mapping=tex-text]{Times New Roman}

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)