[XeTeX] linux libertine and number

[Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)]

Ulrike Fischer wrote:

> Well Francois wanted to avoid to have to write "$7$" or "\text{7)"
> instead of simply "7" in all sort of places. So I don't think a
> solution which forces him to write "\seven" in all sort of places
> "offers him the functionality he needs".

But it doesn't; it requires him to write \seven in a very
few places (places where typesetting is not taking place)
as opposed to the many places where 7 might occur in
text to be typeset.

> And are you really sure that your commands \zero, \one etc can be
> used in all places where simple numbers are required. E.g. to you
> tested if there works in \newcommand\mycommand[1]{#1}?

No, nor did I suggest that they can : as I said in my earlier
message, the idea of making digits active is appropriate only
within a restricted universe of discourse -- I was not in any
way trying to suggest that this is a general or universal
solution.

Philip Taylor