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Subject: Re: [virtio] Re: Touch-ups needed for the virtio csd01 and csprd01 file "front matter"


On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 06:12:11PM -0500, Paul Knight wrote:
> A bit of follow-up on the "fi" and "ff" issue:
> 
> - first, I see that the TC (?) apparently ran into the issue and introduced a
> workaround in the file /tex/makehtml.sh
> 
>     #For some unclear reason we get 'fi' replaced by NULL character
>     #on Fedora. file recognizes result as a binary data.
> 
> 
> - second, for what it's worth, a bit of information which indicates that there
> may be a way to shut it off in TeX:
> 
> "TeX is an example of a computer typesetting system that makes use of ligatures
> automatically. The Computer Modern Roman typeface provided with TeX includes
> the five common ligatures ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl. When TeX finds these
> combinations in a text it substitutes the appropriate ligature, **unless
> overridden by the typesetter.**" [1]
> 
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature#Computer_typesetting
> 
> This isn't an area where I can likely be of much help other than to wish you
> luck...
> 
> Best regards,
> Paul

Do we still have this issue?
I don't see the problem in the pdf here:
https://www.oasis-open.org/news/announcements/30-day-public-review-for-virtual-i-o-device-virtio-v1-0
words like specification and offset all appear fine now.



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