(Xe)(La)TeX, (L)Edmac, and Velthuis query

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Dear Timothy,

Yes (I presume you don't mean my typo, "vīrsena"), e.g., 4 is where the
Somdev Vasudev's RomDev mapping is used.  Here's the procedure.


   1. The actual mapping file is published by Somdev in his blog, here:
   http://sarasvatam.blogspot.com/2010/03/updated-teckit-romdev.html
   2. Cut and paste this text, and save it in a Unicode file called
   RomDev.map.  Save that file in a place which XeTeX can "see," e.g.,
   something like local/texmf/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/
   3. You now need to compile the human-readable *.map file into a binary
   *.tec file, so that XeTeX can read it directly.  This is done by the program
   Teckit<http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&cat_id=TECkit>,
   which you can get here:

   http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=TECkitDownloads
   4. I'm working with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.  For me, the command is,
   *teckit_compile RomDev.map -o RomDev.tec
   *
   I'm afraid I don't know the Windows or Mac command invocation.
   5. Now you have a file in a place like
   local/texmf/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/RomDev.tec
   6. Run the command that rebuilds the database of files that TeX knows
   about.  In Linux it's
   *sudo mktexlsr*
   7. That's it!  XeTeX can now see, and make use of the RomDev mapping,
   that converts Unicode transliteration into Devanāgarī.

Best,
Dominik

PS I've copied this posting to my blog, for reference:

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   http://cikitsa.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-do-i-install-romdev-mapping-for.html

On 6 July 2010 18:13, TIMOTHY P. LIGHTHISER <tlighthiser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
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> Thanks for the sample file.
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> Everything appeared correctly in the pdf, except the text in the fourth
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> If I may, how does one put to use Somadeva's mapping?
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> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com>
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> > Dear colleagues,
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> > A number of you have been kind in your responses to my blog post about
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> > XeLaTeX to do Devanagari, so I've gone further and posted a mini-edition
> > that exemplifies the use of the previous stuff (Unicode romanisation
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> > with Nagari output), as well as the Ledmac system for formatting a
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> > edition.  The materials are here:
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> http://cikitsa.blogspot.com/2010/07/minimal-edition-of-sanskrit-verse-using.html
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> > Best,
> > Dominik
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> > Dr Dominik Wujastyk
> > Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
> > Universität Wien
> > Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 2, Eingang 2.1
> > A-1090 Vienna
> > Austria
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> Timothy P. Lighthiser
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