From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Degree sign
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:51:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121123155150.6de73d9d@aga-netbook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALBOmsbnQLJiSjiM322=q-fMSrg9Pz8w6R7zjJwJV3ku9rE1Zw@mail.gmail.com>
Dnia 2012-11-23, o godz. 15:43:56
Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> napisał(a):
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> > Dnia 2012-11-23, o godz. 15:22:14 Mojca Miklavec napisał(a):
> >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > is there a "canonical" way to obtain a degree sign? I'd best
> >> > like it to work in both text and math mode, and not use UTF-8
> >> > but some TeX-y \command (like \degree or so).
> >>
> >> \textdegree (see char-def.lua for example)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > You might want to put this here:
> > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/22086/macro-for-degree-symbol
> > to keep up with Aditya's tradition of providing ConTeXt answers to
> > LaTeX questions;).
>
> With something like:
> "If you switch to ConTeXt, \textdegree will work in both text and
> math mode."
> ? ;) ;) ;)
Well... kinda... yes. ;P
You might want to look here for inspiration:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/users/323/aditya?tab=answers
(Clarification: joking aside, I guess that Aditya's habit of giving
ConTeXt answers to LaTeX questions on TeX.SE is really great, since
it allows to spread the word about ConTeXt, and also may help ConTeXt
users.)
> Mojca
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-23 14:17 Marcin Borkowski
2012-11-23 14:22 ` Mojca Miklavec
2012-11-23 14:35 ` Marcin Borkowski
2012-11-23 14:43 ` Mojca Miklavec
2012-11-23 14:51 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
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