This question is very similar to my OP "What's so special about ﹑and ～". Mostly, I have just adjusted the main .TeX code a little bit for clarity.
This question is about the following characters:
- the characters from the roman alphabet (a.k.a. "A to Z"), for example
a.
and
- the characters from the Mandarin phonetic alphabet called 注音符號 (a.k.a. "bopomofo"), for example
ㄅ.
I use the particular code that will follow for Chinese text, and as my favorite font allows the two characters above to be used without any fuss, please, if you'd like, install the font HanWangKaiMediumChuIn_wp010-08.ttf (download link here or if not here).
What else do we need? We will need:
- an image called C57C.png (I suggest to use this image)
- a file called map.txt (you can download it here ... this is used for character encoding conversion)
- a file called big5.lua (you can download it here)
OK. If they are all in the same folder as our TeX-file, we are set to go. The TeX-file should look as follows (to be compiled twice with LuaLaTeX):
The TeX-file
% !TEX TS-program = lualatexmk
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{silence}
\ErrorFilter{latex}{File}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Chinese splitter
\long\def\addto#1#2{\expandafter\def\expandafter#1\expandafter{#1#2}}
\bgroup \catcode`!=3 \catcode`?=3
\gdef\replacestrings#1#2{\long\def\replacestringsA##1#1{\def\tmpb{##1}\replacestringsB}%
\long\def\replacestringsB##1#1{\ifx!##1\relax \else\addto\tmpb{#2##1}%
\expandafter\replacestringsB\fi}% improved version <May 2016> inspired
\expandafter\replacestringsA\tmpb?#1!#1% from pysyntax.tex by Petr Krajnik
\long\def\replacestringsA##1?{\def\tmpb{##1}}\expandafter\replacestringsA\tmpb
}
\egroup
%
\def\Chinese#1{\def\tmpb{#1}%
\replacestrings {\\} {&\\}%
\replacestrings {\endgraf} {&\endgraf}%
\replacestrings {★} {&★}%
\replacestrings {【} {&【}%
\replacestrings {】} {&】}%
\replacestrings {（} {&（}%
\replacestrings {）} {&）}%
\replacestrings {：} {&：}%
\replacestrings {。} {&。}%
\replacestrings {，} {&，}%
\replacestrings {「} {&「}%
\replacestrings {」} {&」}%
\replacestrings {《} {&《}%
\replacestrings {》} {&》}%
\replacestrings {、} {&、}%
\replacestrings {；} {&；}%
\replacestrings {～} {&～}%
\replacestrings {〈} {&〈}%
\replacestrings {〉} {&〉}%
\replacestrings {·} {&·}%
\replacestrings {．} {&．}%
\replacestrings {﹑} {&、}%
\replacestrings {\scriptsize} {&\scriptsize}%
\replacestrings {\footnotesize} {&\footnotesize}%
\replacestrings {\small} {&\small}%
\replacestrings {\normalsize} {&\normalsize}%
\replacestrings {\large} {&\large}%
\replacestrings {\Large} {&\Large}%
\replacestrings {\LARGE} {&\LARGE}%
\replacestrings {\huge} {&\huge}%
\replacestrings {\Huge} {&\Huge}%
\expandafter\anyA\tmpb&{}%
}
\def\anyA#1{\anyX{#1}#2\ifx&\else\expandafter\anyB\fi}
\def\anyB{\futurelet\next\anyC}
\def\anyC{\expandafter\ifx\space\next\space\fi\anyA}
%
\def\anyX#1{\tooltips[height=10cm]{#1} \space}
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% For the Chinese font
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{luatexja-fontspec}
\setmainjfont{HanWangKaiMediumChuIn_wp010-08}
\ltjsetparameter{kanjiskip=1em}
\ltjsetparameter{xkanjiskip=1em}
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Encoding converter and tooltipper
\tracinglostchars=2
\directlua{require('big5.lua')}
\directlua{print('The big5 version of 高 is: ' .. big5FromChar('高'))}
\newcommand{\bigfive}[1]{\directlua{tex.sprint(big5FromChar('#1'))}}
%
% tooltips with LaTeX
%
% optimized for Adobe Reader (visible on mouse-over)
% usage: \tooltip[<link colour>]{<link text>}[<tip box colour>]{<tip text>}
% non-draggable version:
% usage: \tooltip*[<link colour>]{<link text>}[<tip box colour>]{<tip text>}
%
% for Evince (visible on click, not draggable)
% usage: \tooltip**[<link colour>]{<link text>}[<tip box colour>]{<tip text>}
%
%
\usepackage{pdfbase}[2017/03/16]
\usepackage{xparse,ocgbase}
\usepackage{xcolor,calc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
%
\ExplSyntaxOn
\let\tpPdfLink\pbs_pdflink:nn
\let\tpPdfAnnot\pbs_pdfannot:nnnn\let\tpPdfLastAnn\pbs_pdflastann:
\let\tpAppendToFields\pbs_appendtofields:n
\def\tpPdfXform{\pbs_pdfxform:nnnnn{1}{1}{}{}}
\let\tpPdfLastXform\pbs_pdflastxform:
\ExplSyntaxOff
%
\makeatletter
\NewDocumentCommand{\tooltip}{ssO{black}mO{black}m}{{%
\leavevmode%
\IfBooleanT{#1}{%
\ocgbase@new@ocg{tipOCG.\thetcnt}{%
/Print<</PrintState/OFF>>/Export<</ExportState/OFF>>%
}{false}%
\xdef\tpTipOcg{\ocgbase@last@ocg}%
}%
\tpPdfLink{%
\IfBooleanTF{#2}{%
/Subtype/Link/Border [0 0 0]/A <</S/SetOCGState/State [/Toggle \tpTipOcg]>>
}{%
/Subtype/Screen%
\IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
/AA<<%
/E<</S/SetOCGState/State [/ON \tpTipOcg]>>%
/X<</S/SetOCGState/State [/OFF \tpTipOcg]>>%
>>%
}{
/AA<<%
/E<</S/JavaScript/JS(%
var fd=this.getField('tip.\thetcnt');%
\IfBooleanF{#1}{%
if(typeof(click\thetcnt)=='undefined'){%
var click\thetcnt=false;%
var fdor\thetcnt=fd.rect;var dragging\thetcnt=false;%
}%
}%
if(fd.display==display.hidden){%
fd.delay=true;fd.display=display.visible;fd.delay=false;%
}%
this.dirty=false;%
)>>%
/X<</S/JavaScript/JS(%
if(!click\thetcnt&&!dragging\thetcnt){fd.display=display.hidden;}%
if(!dragging\thetcnt){click\thetcnt=false;}%
this.dirty=false;%
)>>%
/U<</S/JavaScript/JS(click\thetcnt=true;this.dirty=false;)>>%
/PC<</S/JavaScript/JS (%
var fd=this.getField('tip.\thetcnt');%
try{fd.rect=fdor\thetcnt;}catch(e){}%
fd.display=display.hidden;this.dirty=false;%
)>>%
/PO<</S/JavaScript/JS(this.dirty=false;)>>%
>>%
}
}%
}{{\color{#3}#4}}%
\sbox\tiptext{\fcolorbox{black}{#5}{#6}}%
\edef\twd{\the\wd\tiptext}%
\edef\tht{\the\ht\tiptext}%
\edef\tdp{\the\dp\tiptext}%
\tpPdfXform{\tiptext}%
%tip box placed at top left page corner
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\node [inner sep=0pt, anchor=base] at (current page.north west) {%
\raisebox{-1.5cm-\tht}[0pt][0pt]{%
\tpPdfAnnot{\twd}{\tht}{\tdp}{%
/Subtype/Widget/FT/Btn/T (tip.\thetcnt)%
/AP<</N \tpPdfLastXform>>%
/MK<</TP 1/I \tpPdfLastXform/IF<</S/A/FB true/A [0.0 0.0]>>>>%
\IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
/Ff 65537/OC \tpTipOcg%
}{%
/Ff 65536/F 3%
/AA <<%
/U <<%
/S/JavaScript/JS(%
var fd=event.target;%
var mX=this.mouseX;var mY=this.mouseY;%
var drag=function(){%
var nX=this.mouseX;var nY=this.mouseY;%
var dX=nX-mX;var dY=nY-mY;%
var fdr=fd.rect;%
fdr[0]+=dX;fdr[1]+=dY;fdr[2]+=dX;fdr[3]+=dY;%
fd.rect=fdr;mX=nX;mY=nY;%
};%
if(!dragging\thetcnt){%
dragging\thetcnt=true;Int=app.setInterval("drag()",1);%
}%
else{app.clearInterval(Int);dragging\thetcnt=false;}%
this.dirty=false;%
)%
>>%
>>%
}%
}%
\tpAppendToFields{\tpPdfLastAnn}%
}%
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\stepcounter{tcnt}%
}}
\makeatother
\newsavebox\tiptext\newcounter{tcnt}
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand{\tooltips}{sO{}m+O{}}
{
\tl_map_inline:nn { #3 }
{
\IfBooleanTF{#1}{\tooltip*}{\tooltip*}{##1}{\includegraphics[#2]{\bigfive{##1}}}#4
}
}
\ExplSyntaxOff
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document} \catcode`\﹑=12 \catcode`\～=12
%%%%%%%%%
%All of this works fine
\Chinese{疊}
\Chinese{疊。。【疊 ，疊；【疊 疊《疊（疊疊···疊疊】疊\footnotesize 疊疊\Large 疊；〈疊\endgraf}
a
ㄅ
aㄅa
ㄅaㄅ
%
%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%
%All of this doesn't work ... why?
%
%\Chinese{a,a}
%
%
%\Chinese{ㄅ。ㄅ}
%
%%%%%%%%%
\end{document}
The questions
Why does
\Chinese{a,a}
not "work", and why does
\Chinese{ㄅ。ㄅ}
not "work"?
Why do they produce other and more errors than for example another character (not part of the "roman" alphabet, and not part of the "bopomofo" alphabet), of which there is also no image included, such as:
\Chinese{式。式}
XeCJK, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/17611/how-does-one-type-chinese-in-latex – Oct 05 '17 at 03:46LuaLaTeX, notXeTeX. – O0123 Oct 05 '17 at 05:07map.txtfile. Yep, I am quite sure. – O0123 Oct 05 '17 at 05:48