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Feature request: accent or not at top of a capital
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Netherlands
2007-08-07 06:01:09

IN THE NETHERLANDS IT IS COMMON NOT TO HAVE AN ACCENT ON TOP OF A CAPITAL.

SO: ÉéN
SHOULD BE: EéN

THIS CAN BE DONE BY SELECTING: ALLOWING ACCENTS ON ALL CAPITALS (OR NOT).

MAYBE IN OTHER COUNTRIES THIS, ACCENT ON A CAPITAL, IS ALLOWED, BUT THEN
PGS CAN HANDLE THAT FOR EACH PERSONAL BEHAVIOR.
CAN THIS BE ON THE LIST OR EVEN IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE NEXT UPDATE?

THEO

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Fonts for linux
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United States
2007-08-07 09:08:41


My Pagestream Linux install have a whole lot of fonts. Most of them (I
need to do the experiment) have some "broken letters" which then hang up
my printer (HP MP5 % Lazerjet..

So I want to get rid of them.

Anyway - is page stream getting them from a set of system fonts?

I understood font assignments and setups on the Amiga. I am still learning
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Re: Feature request: accent or not at top of a capital
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United States
2007-08-07 10:43:40

THEO ZWEERS WROTE:
> IN THE NETHERLANDS IT IS COMMON NOT TO HAVE AN ACCENT ON TOP OF A CAPITAL.
>
>; SO: ÉéN
> SHOULD BE: EéN
>
> THIS CAN BE DONE BY SELECTING: ALLOWING ACCENTS ON ALL CAPITALS (OR NOT).
>
> MAYBE IN OTHER COUNTRIES THIS, ACCENT ON A CAPITAL, IS ALLOWED, BUT THEN
> PGS CAN HANDLE THAT FOR EACH PERSONAL BEHAVIOR.
> CAN THIS BE ON THE LIST OR EVEN IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE NEXT UPDATE?
>
> THEO
>;
THEO,
WHEN WOULD PAGESTREAM BE PUTTING THE ACCENT THERE TO BEGIN WITH? ARE YOU
SAYING SIMPLY THAT "MAKE UPPERCASE" SHOULD HAVE THAT OPTION, OR
SOMETHING ELSE?

DERON

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Re: Fonts for linux
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United States
2007-08-07 12:47:45

On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
> My Pagestream Linux install have a whole lot of fonts. Most of them (I
> need to do the experiment) have some "broken letters" which then hang up
> my printer (HP MP5 % Lazerjet..
>
> So I want to get rid of them.
>
> Anyway - is page stream getting them from a set of system fonts?

PgS gets all system fonts, yes. How to uninstall them depends on your linux
setup.

Tim Doty

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Re: Feature request: accent or not at top of a capital
country flaguser name
Netherlands
2007-08-07 15:33:39

PAGESTREAM SUPPORT WROTE:
> THEO ZWEERS WROTE:
>
>>; IN THE NETHERLANDS IT IS COMMON NOT TO HAVE AN ACCENT ON TOP OF A CAPITAL.
>>
>> SO: ÉéN
>> SHOULD BE: EéN
>>
>> THIS CAN BE DONE BY SELECTING: ALLOWING ACCENTS ON ALL CAPITALS (OR NOT).
>>
>> MAYBE IN OTHER COUNTRIES THIS, ACCENT ON A CAPITAL, IS ALLOWED, BUT THEN
>>; PGS CAN HANDLE THAT FOR EACH PERSONAL BEHAVIOR.
>> CAN THIS BE ON THE LIST OR EVEN IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE NEXT UPDATE?
>>
>> THEO
>;>
>>;
> THEO,
> WHEN WOULD PAGESTREAM BE PUTTING THE ACCENT THERE TO BEGIN WITH? ARE YOU
> SAYING SIMPLY THAT "MAKE UPPERCASE" SHOULD HAVE THAT OPTION, OR
> SOMETHING ELSE?
>
> DERON
>
>

NO, NOT PGS PUTTING AN ACCENT ON THE CAPITAL. FOR WHAT I KNOW PGS HAS
SOME INTELLIGENCE, BUT IS NOT THAT 'SMART' TO GRASP WHAT ACCENT THERE
SHOULD BE.
PGS SHOULD, WHEN SELECTED, TAKE THE ACCENT OFF ANY CAPITAL.
I KNOW, I CAN TYPE THAT TOO, I MEAN TYPING THE CORRECT CAPITAL.
BUT WHAT I THOUGHT OF IS THAT, WHEN SELECTED, JUST A TEXT WITH THE
ACCENTS, ONLY THE CAPITALS ARE CORRECTED IN PGS TO BE WITHOUT AN ACCENT.
STANDARD PGS SHOWS ALL THE CHARACTERS, EVEN ACCENTED CAPITALS.
BUT WHEN I SELECT, SAY: 'NO ACCENT ON CAPITALS' IT REMOVES THE ACCENT IN
ALL THE TEXT WITH CAPITALS.
ÉéN BECOMES EéN.

IS THIS POSSIBLE IN PGS? I THINK SO. IN PGS YOU CAN 'SEARCH AND REPLACE'
AND 'IGNORE ACCENTS' WHILE SEARCHING.

I HOPE THIS MAKES THE REQUEST A BIT BETTER TO UNDERSTAND.

THEO

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