Division symbol \div does not work

Curiouslearn

11 Dec 2009 11 Dec '09

7:48 p.m.

How to obtain the division symbol? Command \div does not work. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext $ a \div b $ \stoptext gives output a div b

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Jason Earl

11 Dec 11 Dec

9:33 p.m.

Curiouslearn writes:

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How to obtain the division symbol? Command \div does not work.

\setuppapersize[letter][letter]

\starttext

$ a \div b $

\stoptext

gives output

a div b

I am using an older version of Context, but running texexec on your example gets me the correct output. a ÷ b Jason

Curiouslearn

10:16 p.m.

Thanks Jason. You are right, it works well with MKII. The problem seems to be with MKIV. On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Jason Earl wrote:

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Curiouslearn writes:

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How to obtain the division symbol? Command \div does not work.

\setuppapersize[letter][letter]

\starttext

$ a \div b $

\stoptext

gives output

a div b

I am using an older version of Context, but running texexec on your example gets me the correct output.

a ÷ b

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luigi scarso

12 Dec 12 Dec

12:14 a.m.

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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Curiouslearn wrote:

gives output

a div b

true What about \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext $ a ÷ b $ \stoptext -- luigi

Aditya Mahajan

15 Dec 15 Dec

4:15 a.m.

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Curiouslearn wrote:

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How to obtain the division symbol? Command \div does not work.

\setuppapersize[letter][letter]

\starttext

$ a \div b $

\stoptext

gives output

a div b

math-def.mkiv contains \definemathcommand [div] [limop] {\mfunction{div}} which overrides the definition of \div from char-def.lua. The same line is also present in mkii, but gets overwritten by the correct definition due to different order in which files are loaded. Hans: \div should be mapped to divided sign, so I suggest that we remove the corresponding \definemathcommand lines from math-def.mkiv and math-tex.mkii (see the attached patch). Aditya

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