GNU bug report logs - #8563
24.0.50; TeX IM \aleph should insert math aleph, not Hebrew aleph

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From: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org, 8563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8563: 24.0.50;	TeX IM \aleph should insert math aleph, not Hebrew aleph
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:31:15 +1000

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: trentbuck <at> gmail.com (Trent W. Buck)
> > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:01:47 +1000
> > Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org
> > 
> > When I select the TeX input method (^X^M^\TeX^M) then insert an aleph
> > (\aleph), it inserts a hebrew aleph (א, D790 HEBREW LETTER ALEF).
> > 
> > Since the TeX IM is probably being used for math (cf. a hebraic IM), it
> > should instead insert the math codepoint (ℵ, E284B5, ALEF SYMBOL).
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out.  I fixed this on the emacs-23 branch, it
> should be merged to the trunk in a few days.

Note that this may not be the only instance.  Someone sufficiently
bored could go through the whole list of TeX IM-inserted codepoints
and look for math versions - dunno if that's the Right Thing.

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