From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: using · in math mode
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:29:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D59BAD7.70505@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1102141803530.2891@ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva>
On 15-2-2011 12:07, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Paul Menzel wrote:
>
>> Dear ConTeXt folks,
>>
>>
>> I am using the Neo keyboard layout [1], which enables me to directly
>> enter several UTF-8 characters.
>>
>> The dot »·« is one of those characters [2] and I like to use it in math
>> mode instead of `\cdot`.
>>
>> But in math mode it is some kind of bold lower dot (see attachment) and
>> not ·. In works fine “text mode”.
>>
>> \starttext
>> $a · b = a \cdot \text{ (\\cdot) } b = ab$
>>
>> in text ·
>> \stoptext
>>
>> Is the wrong UTF-8 character used or can ConTeXt be adapted to use »·«
>> as would like to?
>
> The dot that you have entered is 0x00B7 which is periodcentered. The
> cdot maps to 22C5.
>
> Everything works fine if you use a unicode math font (cambria or xits).
> In LM, there is a bug in the mappings. For some reason 00B7 is mapped to
> squaresmallsolid in tex-ma. I need to check why that definition is there
> before determining how to fix it (which is relatively easy).
ok
> OT: Is there a timeline for LM OpenType Math?
an elastic one -)
and even than, we will keep the virtual ones around as we also use them
for torture testing that mechanism
Hans
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2011-02-14 19:32 Paul Menzel
2011-02-14 23:07 ` Aditya Mahajan
2011-02-14 23:29 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
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