Re: txi-pl.tex and 8-bit chars

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:

> I installed the change.  But how do those 8-bit characters get properly
> printed?

A texinfo document starts with:

\def\fontprefix{pl}
\input texinfo
@....

When making a pdf (ps, or dvi) out of it, one runs:

  texi2pdf --translate-file il2-pl.tcx document.texi

Fontprefix and the translation file take care of the rest.

> What are those characters, anyway?

Polish uses modified latin alfabet, which has 34 characters. The
surplus 8 are (in Texinfo notation):

  @'c
  @'o
  @'s
  @'z
  @dotaccent{z}
  @l{}
   (no Texinfo notation for these two:)
  a with ogonek   
  e with ogonek

> At least some of them look like they could be
> specified with normal Texinfo command sequences, e.g., @'o.

Apart from the nasals (a and e with ogonek), they all can be specified
with Texinfo sequences, but they appear so often that using this
approach will make any text impossible to edit. 

Regards,
Sergey