Thanks Josepph. In thinking about this more I need to be careful. I'll try replacing with with a space though that's not really what I wanted to do. -----Original Message----- From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 10:46 AM To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Translating to nothing Hi Keith, Try: always x2022 0 Basically, it'll insert a blank space where this character should have been. A better way would be using context/multipass and stripping out this character altogether. Cheers, Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Creasy <kcreasy@xxxxxxx To: "liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Tue, 27 May 2014 14:40:28 +0000 Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Translating to nothing This is probably in the manual someplace. I want all instances of \x2022 to be translated to nothing, basically skipped. How can I do that in the chardefs.cti? For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com