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). OT: Is there a timeline for LM OpenType Math? Aditya