On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 06:12:11PM -0500, Paul Knight wrote:
> A bit of follow-up on the "fi" and "ff" issue: > > - first, I see that the TC (?) apparently ran into the issue and introduced a
> workaround in the file /tex/makehtml.sh > >
#For some unclear reason we get 'fi' replaced by NULL character >
#on Fedora. file recognizes result as a binary data. > > > - second, for what it's worth, a bit of information which indicates that there
> may be a way to shut it off in TeX: > > "TeX is an example of a computer typesetting system that makes use of ligatures
> automatically. The Computer Modern Roman typeface provided with TeX includes
> the five common ligatures ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl. When TeX finds these
> combinations in a text it substitutes the appropriate ligature, **unless
> overridden by the typesetter.**" [1] > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature#Computer_typesetting >
> This isn't an area where I can likely be of much help other than to wish you
> luck... >
> Best regards,
> Paul Do we still have this issue? I don't see the problem in the pdf here: https://www.oasis-open.org/news/announcements/30-day-public-review-for-virtual-i-o-device-virtio-v1-0 words like specification and offset all appear fine now.
