On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:30:04 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote:
> On 06/02/2015 05:54 PM, John Culleton wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:45:35 -0400 > > John Culleton wrote: > > > >> I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my > >> text. Here is my test file: > >> ---------------------------- > >> \starttext > >> \math{8^1_2} × 11 inch, > >> \stoptext > >> ---------------------------- > >> I am using texlive 2014 mkiv. > > Hi John, > > me too (current version: 2014.05.21 22:04 ;-)) > and both samples (above and below) compile fine. > > > I also tried this: > > ----------------------- > > \starttext > > 8 1/2 × 11 inch, > > \stoptext > > --------------------- > > The error message is the same: > > ------------------------------- > > system > tex > error on line 2 in > > file /usr/local/active/hall/ftp/test.tex: > > String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ... > > Are you sure that character encoding in your > file is utf8? > > I can cause this error message, but only after > replacing character encoding in file with ISO > 8859-15. > > BTW, your file is in /usr/local. I thought that > in Unix there was no place like /home :-). > > I hope it helps, > > > Pablo We are on the home stretch now. I added \enableregime [utf-8] as the first line of my master file. Theoretically I don't need this for a MKIV run but so much for theory. Everything works. But there is something wrong with my math code. There is no horizontal bar between the 1 and the 2. I guess I will study "The TEXbook" some more. Just FYI, I keep personal stuff and also my political articles in /home/safe but my typesetting and index work goes in subdirectories of: /usr/local/active/ one for each project. Thanks for your prompt and useful reply! -- John Culleton Wexford Press Book layout, typesetting and Indexing Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________