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Re: Bug in TeX input mode?
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Chong Yidong |
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Re: Bug in TeX input mode? |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:02 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
Deniz Dogan <address@hidden> writes:
> \circ in the TeX input mode inserts the following character:
>
> character: ○ (9675, #o22713, #x25cb)
> name: WHITE CIRCLE
> general-category: So (Symbol, Other)
>
> However, we feel like what should have been inserted is this:
>
> character: ∘ (8728, #o21030, #x2218)
> name: RING OPERATOR
> general-category: Sm (Symbol, Math)
Maybe. But if you look at the TeX output of \circ, the size of the
circle looks a lot more like ○ than ∘ (at least, when using DejaVu Sans
Mono, I haven't checked with other fonts). And it seems more reasonable
for "\circ" to mean WHITE CIRCLE than RING OPERATOR.