[XeTeX] \setmathrm with fontspec has no affect on \mathrm{x}?

[Daniel Greenhoe]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org> wrote:
> IIUC, when fontspec detects that unicode-math is loaded (and few other
> packages that deal with math fonts), no-math option is implied and thus
> various math setting commands are (silently?) ignored.

That would explain it. Thank you!

Dan

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 09:37:54PM +0800, Daniel Greenhoe wrote:
>> If I use \setmathrm{fontx} in the preamble, shouldn't I expect fontx
>> to be invoked when I use $\mathrm{x}$ in the document body? But that
>> isn't the case. Why is that and how do I get what I expect without
>> exiting math mode? Here is an example (see also attachments):
>>
>> \documentclass[12pt]{book}
>> \usepackage{fontspec}
>> \usepackage{unicode-math}
>
> IIUC, when fontspec detects that unicode-math is loaded (and few other
> packages that deal with math fonts), no-math option is implied and thus
> various math setting commands are (silently?) ignored.
>
> You are better using unicode-math's range option to achieve what you
> want.
>
> Regards,
>  Khaled
>
>
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