Since I posted the first message in this thread, Jim Frysinger has reminded
me that the � is not an issue with respect to PC/Mac compatibility.
Actually, though, there are two HTML codes for �. In the conversion of
Dennis's Excel document, both showed up -- μ and µ. The latter is
the one that displays correctly on both PCs and Macs. The former is good
only on PCs. I've changed the former to the latter, in all cases.
By the way, a couple of people have sent me private messages regarding the
content of the table. Such messages should be posted here, so both Dennis
and I can address them and, if necessary, others can discuss them. However,
messages dealing solely with the mechanics of displaying specific characters
may, if the writer wishes, be sent privately.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid
> Sent: November 20, 2000 11:12
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9262] Re: Dennis Brownridge's Table of Non-SI Units
>
>
> Bill Potts wrote in USMA 9243:
>
> >I have converted it to HTML format and have replaced the unique
> characters
> >for the degree symbol and for powers of 2 and 3 with
> superscripted ordinary
> >characters (lower case o, 2, and 3). The table still contains
> the Greek mu
> >character. I still haven't decided what to do about that (for
> the benefit,
> >for example, of Macintosh users).
>
> Macintosh OS 8.0 produces � by holding option down and printing
> m. I'll be
> interested to see if this � will get echoed back to me by the USMA list
> server.
>
>
