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Werner LEMBERG <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:40:36 +0100
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> [...] I proposed to add to the fontenc an information, which Unicode
> range is to be loaded for this fontencoding. To clarify this, here
> an example:
>
> if we have code like the following:
>
> \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
>
> the file t2aenc.def could contain a line like:
>
> \FontencUnicodeRange{"400-"4FF}
>
> and \AtBeginDocument UTF-8 sequences would only be loaded for the
> ranges given by the fontencodings, thus taking the need from the user
> to decide by himself, which sequences to load. In case no UTF-8 is
> needed, the \FontencUnicodeRange's are ignored.
>
> Of course, the fontencoding->Unicode-Range mappings could also be in
> some extra file, thus removing the need to change the existing
> fontencodings.

I like this idea.  It is really only a matter of taste whether we
have a new unicode.cfg file or \FontencUnicodeRange macros directly
in the fontenc files.


    Werner

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