Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2006-01-04 Thread Adam Lindsay
Mojca Miklavec wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: Peter Münster wrote: The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be, doesn't it depend on the font encoding? indeed ... what \symbolicnameofquotes do you suggest? i never use inches -) What about Ux2033, double prime? Or - i

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hans Hagen wrote: > Peter Münster wrote: > >The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be, > >doesn't it depend on the font encoding? > > > indeed ... what \symbolicnameofquotes do you suggest? i never use inches -) What about Ux2033, double prime? Or - in TeX dialect - \ma

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Hans Hagen wrote: > indeed ... what \symbolicnameofquotes do you suggest? i never use inches -) Me neither... ;) Perhaps \doublequote ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans Hagen wrote: i wonder what happens with the symbol when one uses it this way: \usemodule[unit] 10 \Square \Inch I believe the shortcut forms are only ever used for distances, never for areas. So a rectangle with sides 2" by 4" has 8in^2 surface area. Taco __

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Peter M�nster wrote: Hello, a suggestion for \celsius in core-mis.tex: \def\celsius#1{#1\,\mathematics{^\circ}\kern-0.1emC} As is (perhaps) normal for this kind of thing, the "\," depends on your local typesetting tradition, and the "\kern-0.1em" depends on the use

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Peter M�nster wrote: Hello, a suggestion for \celsius in core-mis.tex: \def\celsius#1{#1\,\mathematics{^\circ}\kern-0.1emC} As is (perhaps) normal for this kind of thing, the "\," depends on your local typesetting tradition, and the "\kern-0.1em" depends on the use

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Hans Hagen
� wrote: Hello, a suggestion for \celsius in core-mis.tex: \def\celsius#1{#1\,\mathematics{^\circ}\kern-0.1emC} The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be, doesn't it depend on the font encoding? indeed ... what \symbolicnameofquotes do you suggest? i never use

Re: [NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Münster wrote: Hello, a suggestion for \celsius in core-mis.tex: \def\celsius#1{#1\,\mathematics{^\circ}\kern-0.1emC} As is (perhaps) normal for this kind of thing, the "\," depends on your local typesetting tradition, and the "\kern-0.1em" depends on the used font family. That is no

[NTG-context] \celsius and \inch

2005-12-28 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, a suggestion for \celsius in core-mis.tex: \def\celsius#1{#1\,\mathematics{^\circ}\kern-0.1emC} The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be, doesn't it depend on the font encoding? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ __