Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:39:56 +0100 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h11Ids6C012976 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:39:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2CA21.50E96600" Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h11IaOXM006836; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:36:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h0VN06E3019262; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:28:47 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 7017 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:28:46 +0100 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h11ISk5f023817 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:28:46 +0100 Received: from ams.org (sun06.ams.org [130.44.1.6]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h11IaLtt026714 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:36:22 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (bnb@localhost) by ams.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h11IaCsC004734; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 13:36:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Feb 2003 18:39:56.0931 (UTC) FILETIME=[51777530:01C2CA21] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 1.0 (http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang/) X-Spam-Score: -2.2 () EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT_PINE Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: latex/3480: Support for UTF-8 missing in inputenc.sty Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:36:12 +0100 Message-ID: A X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: latex/3480: Support for UTF-8 missing in inputenc.sty Thread-Index: AcLKIVGMVDhNH66fQxG1/QQLiRPy0w== From: "Barbara Beeton" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4523 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CA21.50E96600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: [...] (AMS has also got something called LOW ASTERSIK encoded in Unicode = 3.2, but I really don't know about the usage, as I could not find much information about it in the original proposal. But the glyph used = for that in the charts appears too lower than a math asterisk. Barbara?) the "low asterisk" has unicode value 204E; it is a regular-sized asterisk in approximately subscript position. there were two sources for this: - the sgml public entity sets; this is in the isotech set, "lowast" - the american physical society (aps) included it in their collection that became a part of the "math" submission to unicode this asterisk is not in the proper position to be used for a bullet; the only centered asterisk is at unicode 2217 (already noted), in the math area. but this doesn't necessarily preclude it from being used in a non-math context -- the unicode technical committee is very hesitant to add additional characters for which the shape is identical to something that's already present. there was no non-math centered asterisk included in the collection of symbols submitted for the stix effort. -- bb ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CA21.50E96600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: latex/3480: Support for UTF-8 missing in = inputenc.sty

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:

    [...]

    (AMS has also got something called = LOW ASTERSIK encoded in Unicode 3.2,
    but I really don't know about the = usage, as I could not find much
    information about it in the = original proposal. But the glyph used for that
    in the charts appears too lower = than a math asterisk. Barbara?)

the "low asterisk" has unicode value 204E; = it is a regular-sized
asterisk in approximately subscript position.

there were two sources for this:
 - the sgml public entity sets; this is in the = isotech set, "lowast"
 - the american physical society (aps) included = it in their collection
   that became a part of the = "math" submission to unicode

this asterisk is not in the proper position to be used = for a bullet;
the only centered asterisk is at unicode 2217 = (already noted), in the
math area.  but this doesn't necessarily = preclude it from being used
in a non-math context -- the unicode technical = committee is very
hesitant to add additional characters for which the = shape is identical
to something that's already present.  there was = no non-math centered
asterisk included in the collection of symbols = submitted for the
stix effort.
          &nbs= p;            = ;            =             &= nbsp;        -- bb

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