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thornA CommonDoc extension for entering special characters.
Fernando Borretti <eudoxiahp@gmail.com>
Fernando Borretti <eudoxiahp@gmail.com>
(GIT git@github.com:CommonDoc/thorn.git)
MIT
# Thorn
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A CommonDoc extension for inserting special characters.
# Overview
Most input methods allow the user to insert characters in different alphabets
and accented or modified versions of the same, but these are different for
everyone and often the user will end up looking up a character by name.
Thorn is a tool for inserting Unicode characters by an ASCII name, the way TeX
allows users to insert the letters α and þ with the commands ‘\alpha‘ and ‘\th‘,
respectively.
Simply put, it defines a macro that maps a string to a Unicode character.
# Usage
To insert a character by name, use the ‘l‘ macro (For ’letter’). The content of
that macro should be a single text node.
For example, in VerTeX, the following:
“‘tex
The fine-structure constant, \l{alpha}, is approximately 7.29e\sup{-3}.
“‘
Produces this:
>The fine-structure constant, α, is approximately 7.29e<sup>-3</sup>.
# List of Characters
## Diacritical Marks
### Acute Accent
| Name | Character |
| —- | ——— |
| “‘ ’a “‘ | á |
| “‘ ’A “‘ | Á |
| “‘ ’c “‘ | ć |
| “‘ ’C “‘ | Ć |
| “‘ ’e “‘ | é |
| “‘ ’E “‘ | É |
| “‘ ’g “‘ | ǵ |
| “‘ ’G “‘ | Ǵ |
| “‘ ’i “‘ | í |
| “‘ ’I “‘ | Í |
| “‘ ’k “‘ | ḱ |
| “‘ ’K “‘ | Ḱ |
| “‘ ’l “‘ | ĺ |
| “‘ ’L “‘ | Ĺ |
| “‘ ’m “‘ | ḿ |
| “‘ ’M “‘ | Ḿ |
| “‘ ’n “‘ | ń |
| “‘ ’N “‘ | Ń |
| “‘ ’o “‘ | ó |
| “‘ ’O “‘ | Ó |
| “‘ ’p “‘ | ṕ |
| “‘ ’P “‘ | Ṕ |
| “‘ ’r “‘ | ŕ |
| “‘ ’R “‘ | Ŕ |
| “‘ ’s “‘ | ś |
| “‘ ’S “‘ | Ś |
| “‘ ’u “‘ | ú |
| “‘ ’U “‘ | Ú |
| “‘ ’w “‘ | ẃ |
| “‘ ’W “‘ | Ẃ |
| “‘ ’y “‘ | ý |
| “‘ ’Y “‘ | Ý |
| “‘ ’z “‘ | ź |
| “‘ ’Z “‘ | Ź |
### Double Acute Accent
| Name | Character |
| —- | ——— |
| “‘ ”a “‘ | a̋ |
| “‘ ”A “‘ | A̋ |
| “‘ ”e “‘ | e̋ |
| “‘ ”E “‘ | E̋ |
| “‘ ”i “‘ | i̋ |
| “‘ ”I “‘ | I̋ |
| “‘ ”o “‘ | ő |
| “‘ ”O “‘ | Ő |
| “‘ ”u “‘ | ű |
| “‘ ”U “‘ | Ű |
## Scripts
### Greek
| Name | Character |
| —- | ——— |
| “‘ alpha “‘ | α |
| “‘ Alpha “‘ | Α |
| “‘ beta “‘ | β |
| “‘ Beta “‘ | Β |
| “‘ gamma “‘ | γ |
| “‘ Gamma “‘ | Γ |
| “‘ delta “‘ | δ |
| “‘ Delta “‘ | Δ |
| “‘ epsilon “‘ | ε |
| “‘ Epsilon “‘ | Ε |
| “‘ zeta “‘ | ζ |
| “‘ Zeta “‘ | Ζ |
| “‘ eta “‘ | η |
| “‘ Eta “‘ | Η |
| “‘ theta “‘ | θ |
| “‘ Theta “‘ | Θ |
| “‘ iota “‘ | ι |
| “‘ Iota “‘ | Ι |
| “‘ kappa “‘ | κ |
| “‘ Kappa “‘ | Κ |
| “‘ lambda “‘ | λ |
| “‘ Lambda “‘ | Λ |
| “‘ mu “‘ | μ |
| “‘ Mu “‘ | Μ |
| “‘ nu “‘ | ν |
| “‘ Nu “‘ | Ν |
| “‘ xi “‘ | ξ |
| “‘ Xi “‘ | Ξ |
| “‘ omicron “‘ | ο |
| “‘ Omicron “‘ | Ο |
| “‘ pi “‘ | π |
| “‘ Pi “‘ | Π |
| “‘ rho “‘ | ρ |
| “‘ Rho “‘ | Ρ |
| “‘ sigma “‘ | σ |
| “‘ fsigma “‘ | ς |
| “‘ Sigma “‘ | Σ |
| “‘ tau “‘ | τ |
| “‘ Tau “‘ | Τ |
| “‘ upsilon “‘ | υ |
| “‘ Upsilon “‘ | Υ |
| “‘ phi “‘ | φ |
| “‘ Phi “‘ | Φ |
| “‘ chi “‘ | χ |
| “‘ Chi “‘ | Χ |
| “‘ psi “‘ | ψ |
| “‘ Psi “‘ | Ψ |
| “‘ omega “‘ | ω |
| “‘ Omega “‘ | Ω |
## Punctuation
| Name | Character |
| —- | ——— |
| “‘ ndash “‘ | – |
| “‘ mdash “‘ | — |
| “‘ sdash “‘ | ⁓ |
# Sources
The following were consulted in the elaboration of this list:
* [Special Characters][latex-special] chapter in the LaTeX wikibook.
* The [list of XML/HTML entities][entities].
* The [Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List][symbols].
[latex-special]: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Special_Characters
[entities]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references
[symbols]: http://ctan.mirror.rafal.ca/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf
# License
Copyright (c) 2015 Fernando Borretti
Licensed under the MIT License.
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common-doc (system).
src (module).
Modules are listed depth-first from the system components tree.
Files are sorted by type and then listed depth-first from the systems components trees.
thorn/src/thorn.lispsrc (module).
*character-table* (special variable).
expand-macro (method).
letter (class).
*characters* (special variable).
build-character-table (function).
Packages are listed by definition order.
thornThe main package of Thorn.
common-lisp.
*character-table* (special variable).
letter (class).
*characters* (special variable).
build-character-table (function).
Definitions are sorted by export status, category, package, and then by lexicographic order.
A hash table that maps the name of a character to its resulting string.
Letter macro.
macro-node.
Recur through *characters*, building a hash table of characters.
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