On Friday 05 March 2010 17:36:29 Bill Hooper wrote: > It is to be hoped that at some happy point in the (distant) future, we will > find that all computers and transmission facilities will be using the same > codes for various special characters so that we can successfully print and > transmit special symbols like pi (π), degrees Celsius (˚C or °C or ºC, each > of these having been entered using a different code for the degrees sign), > the SI prefix micro-, l.c. mu (µ), the SI unit for electrical resistance > ohms, capital omega (Ω), etc.
All of those came through correct. The three characters preceding C are the ring (which I don't know how to type by itself, only in the letters å and ů), the degree symbol, and the masculine ordinal. The mu is not actually a mu (μ), which I type by switching the keyboard layout, but a micro sign (µ), which I type with compose-m-u. The two look identical but are different characters in Unicode. The pi and omega are genuine pi and omega. Pierre -- li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
