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 - in TeX dialect -


Yes, it's double-prime, not double quotes of a certain direction.

Also, earlier in the thread:

\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.


in^2 is possible, but so is "sq. in."
Ick.
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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 -
\mathematics{^{\prime\prime}} or simply \mathematics{''} (twice the
apostrophe) unless it already exists in the font under the name
"second" (according to the Adobe Glyph List).
In unicode reference Ux2033 is described as the character used for
inches and seconds.

Mojca
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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 ?
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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
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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  used font family.

That is not to say yours isn't better then the current one :-)


The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be,
doesn't it depend on the font encoding?



Yes, it does, so there should be a named character created for it.

IIRC, these symbols are in one of the unicode planes that are not
(completely) supported yet. It would make sense to do a whole
block (partial plane) at the same time then?


i wonder what happens with the symbol when one uses it this way:

\usemodule[unit] 10 \Square \Inch

Hans
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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  used font family.

That is not to say yours isn't better then the current one :-)


The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be,
doesn't it depend on the font encoding?



Yes, it does, so there should be a named character created for it.

IIRC, these symbols are in one of the unicode planes that are not
(completely) supported yet. It would make sense to do a whole
block (partial plane) at the same time then?


indeed

Hans
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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 inches -)

Hans
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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 not to say yours isn't better then the current one :-)


The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be,
doesn't it depend on the font encoding?


Yes, it does, so there should be a named character created for it.

IIRC, these symbols are in one of the unicode planes that are not
(completely) supported yet. It would make sense to do a whole
block (partial plane) at the same time then?

Cheers, Taco

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[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

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