From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug in TeX input mode? Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:02 -0400 Message-ID: <87y6rqimc5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <7b501d5c0906171343v202e47f9y64d808268cb50ee7@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245273986 27359 80.91.229.12 (17 Jun 2009 21:26:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 17 23:26:19 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MH2e7-0005DC-E5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:26:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36125 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MH2e6-0006tM-KY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MH2e1-0006sa-I5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MH2dx-0006rl-Rg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44264 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MH2dx-0006rg-CX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po33.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.94]:35737) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MH2dx-0001K0-1z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014144.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po33.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n5HLQ2tE001806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A07AFC09B; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:02 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0906171343v202e47f9y64d808268cb50ee7@mail.gmail.com> (Deniz Dogan's message of "Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:43:22 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:111562 Archived-At: Deniz Dogan writes: > \circ in the TeX input mode inserts the following character: > > character: =E2=97=8B (9675, #o22713, #x25cb) > name: WHITE CIRCLE > general-category: So (Symbol, Other) > > However, we feel like what should have been inserted is this: > > character: =E2=88=98 (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 =E2=97=8B than =E2=88=98 (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.