From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenichi Handa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug in TeX input mode? Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:07 +0900 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0906171343v202e47f9y64d808268cb50ee7@mail.gmail.com> <87y6rqimc5.fsf@stupidchicken.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 1245332904 17372 80.91.229.12 (18 Jun 2009 13:48:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:48:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 18 15:48:20 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 1MHHyS-0001xv-8F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:48:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52137 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MHHyQ-0008SG-Sq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:48:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MHHPe-0000TL-4t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:12:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MHHPZ-0000LW-CY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55929 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MHHPZ-0000LG-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:12:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.aist.go.jp ([150.29.246.133]:42958) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MHHPY-0002wZ-Ch for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:12:12 -0400 Original-Received: from rqsmtp2.aist.go.jp (rqsmtp2.aist.go.jp [150.29.254.123]) by mx1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id n5IDC8Y4002008; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:08 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from smtp2.aist.go.jp by rqsmtp2.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id n5IDC8Zj020254; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:08 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: by smtp2.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id n5IDC7Pf022162; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:07 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from handa by etlken with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MHHPT-0000qz-LY; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:07 +0900 In-reply-to: <87y6rqimc5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:26:02 -0400) X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mx1.aist.go.jp id n5IDC8Y4002008 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:111577 Archived-At: In article <87y6rqimc5.fsf@stupidchicken.com>, Chong Yidong writes: > 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 u= sing DejaVu Sans > Mono, I haven't checked with other fonts). And it seems more reasonabl= e > for "\circ" to mean WHITE CIRCLE than RING OPERATOR. But, Knuth categorizes \circ in "binary operator" in his "The TeX book". --- Kenichi Handa handa@m17n.org