Re: @tieaccent{..} does not display the tie accent in HTML

[Patrice Dumas]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 03:30:22PM +0000, Hefferon, Jim S. wrote:
> 
> Patrice,
> 
> Thank you for the reply.
> 
> I don't really have a good answer, of course.  I'd think to try U+0361 or its 
> HTML equivalent, as my test here
>   <p>test o͡o test  o&#865;o</p>
> but I honestly have no idea which browsers show what, and which fonts support 
> the character ...

Actually, this looks quite good on firefox, both with the actual utf8
encoded diacritic and entity.  You can obtain the utf8 encoded diacritic
when converting to html with --enable-encoding.  I guess that we can
generate numerical diacritic entities in the default case, it'll
probably be better than the plain text accent markers.

> Perhaps, though, the compiler could somehow warn, rather than output an 
> incorrect answer?  (Forgive me, I only use Texinfo for the latexrefman 
> project so maybe the suggestion is not sensible.)   Alternatively, "oo" 
> without the square bracket would be better, from my perspective.

The square bracket and similar use of ascii markers is what we use in
some cases (no utf8 output encoding for instance). Admitedly something
for the past, but it should be rare anyway.

> It would have helped me if at least the manual could say something like, 
> "There is no HTML equivalent for this character that will display correctly 
> on most browsers and with most fonts."  That might also keep other people 
> from submitting as a bug?

-- 
Pat