[XeTeX] Fontspec mappings causing errors in ToC/chapter-headings in memoir class documents

[Dominik Wujastyk]

I fail to understand your point.  Pre-modern mathematics from South Asia is
almost all written in Sanskrit.  If you edit and publish one of these works
- as many do - you need the math capabilities of TeX.  Hayashi's edition of
the Bakhshali MS contains both an edition of the Sanskrit text from the
codex unicus and a translation of it into English.  Both parts of Hayashi's
work used TeX's math capabilities extensively.  Most editions are like this.

D

On 20 December 2010 15:43, Shrisha Rao <shrao at nyx.net> wrote:

> El dic 20, 2010, a las 8:02 p.m., Dominik Wujastyk escribió:
>
> > Actually, the famous edition of the Sanskrit Bakhshali manuscript, on
> medieval Indian mathematics, by Takao Hayashi was typset entirely in TeX.
>  So was the recent book, History of Indian Mathematics, by Kim Plofker.
>
> I did not know that, but it makes sense.
>
> > In fact, TeX is the tool of choice for most people working at the
> forefront of the history of Indian mathematics.
>
> TeX is most common for people writing any kind of mathematics, including
> engineers, physicists, and computer scientists.  However, my point was
> slightly different -- in a text that is almost entirely in Sanskrit (not a
> contemporary translation of a Sanskrit work or a work presented mathematics
> originally found in a Sanskrit text), there is unlikely to be much use for
> math notation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shrisha Rao
>
> > Dominik
> >
> >
> > On 20 December 2010 15:28, Shrisha Rao <shrao at nyx.net> wrote:
> > El dic 20, 2010, a las 5:05 p.m., Ulrike Fischer escribió:
> >
> > > Am Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:55:07 +0530 schrieb Shrisha Rao:
> > >
> > >> I tried inserting the \catcode`\^=11, etc., right after
> > >> \begin{document} and that seems to work.
> > >
> > > As long as you don't use ^ in math. In general it is better to keep
> > > such changes local.
> >
> > Not very likely that math mode superscript/power notation will need to be
> used in Sanskrit texts, but I see your point.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shrisha Rao
> >
> > > Ulrike Fischer
> >
> >
> >
> >
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