Ligature Commands

It is possible to enable or disable the use of ligatures for consonant groups. This is done by means of the preprocessor commands @lig and @nolig. The former enables ligatures while the latter disables them. Ligatures are specified by means of numbers. The table on the following page shows the ligatures which are available together with their numbers. It possible to specify more then one ligature with a @lig or @nolig command. In that case the numbers must be seperated by spaces. There also has to be a space between the command and the first number. Example:
@lig 20 43 90
There is no limit to the number of @lig or @nolig preprocessor commands in a file. When the use of a ligature for a consonant group is disabled, the consonants are printed after each other and a virama (hal) sign is used. When a ligature for a certain consonant group is disabled, then all the ligatures for consonant groups which are formed by adding characters to this consonant group are also disabled. Example: If ligature 3 is disabled then ligature is 10 is also disabled. Some `standard' ligatures like + cannot be disabled and are not in the table. In Sanskrit mode, all available ligatures are enabled. For Hindi mode the table shows which ligatures are enabled.
Table of Ligatures


# consonants lig. hindi # consonants lig. hindi # consonants lig. hindi  
1 k k à yes 36  c Ñ   71 d r y ï yes  
2 k t Ä yes 37  j Ò   72 d v y • yes  
3 k n Ç   38 V k Ö yes 73 D n ð    
4 k m É   39 V V Ó yes 74 n n à yes  
5 k y È yes 40 V W á yes 75 p t Ø    
6 k l Ê   41 V y Ô yes 76 p n Ù    
7 k v Ë   42 W y Õ yes 77 p l Ú    
8 k t y Å yes 43 X g ³   78 b n §    
9 k t v Æ yes 44 X G ´   79 b b ©    
10 k n y æ   45 X X å yes 80 b v Û    
11 k r y ç yes 46 X m »   81 B n Þ    
12 k v y Ì   47 X y · yes 82 m n ß    
13 k t r y ü yes 48 X g y ¸   83 m l Ý    
14 G n Í   49 X G r   84 l l ¥    
15 R k ¬ yes 50 X r y û yes 85 v n ¦    
16 R K ² yes 51 Y y ä yes 86 v v ¨    
17 R g ½ yes 52 t t  yes 87 f c –    
18 R G ¿ yes 53 t n ×   88 f n —    
19 R R ¼ yes 54 d g ‹   89 f b ›    
20 R n µ yes 55 d G Š   90 f l š    
21 R m Á yes 56 d d Œ yes 91 f v ˜    
22 R y  yes 57 d D ˆ yes 92 q V £    
23 R k t ­   58 d n ‘   93 q W ¤    
24 R k y ¯ yes 59 d b “ yes 94 q V y ÷    
25 R k q °   60 d B ‰ yes 95 q V v «    
26 R K y º yes 61 d m ”   96 q V r y ª    
27 R g y ¾ yes 62 d y  yes 97 s n Ü    
28 R G y ¹ yes 63 d v ’ yes 98 s r ú yes  
29 R G r À yes 64 d g r í   99 h Z ¢ yes  
30 R k t y ®   65 d G r î   100 h n ¡ yes  
31 R k q v ±   66 d d y  yes 101 h m œ yes  
32 c c Î   67 d d v ø yes 102 h y  yes  
33 c  Ï   68 d D y  yes 103 h r   yes  
34 C y Ð yes 69 d D v ù yes 104 h l ž yes  
35 j r … yes 70 d B y Ž yes 105 h v Ÿ yes