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> From: pierre.darmon%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Pierre Darmon)
> Subject: Re: How to make the "degree" symbol?
> Date: 30 Oct 92 12:58:00 GMT
>
>
> GS>Well, the subject line says it all. I went through the whole book
> GS>by Leslie Lamport and couldn't find this symbol. Do I have to use^O in
> GS> order to achieve that?
>
> Here is what I use in TeX:
>
> \def\degree{\ifmmode^\circ\else$^\circ$\fi}
> \catcode`\.=\active \gdef.{\relax\degree}
>

ASCII characters past 128 do not make it through the mails reliably (to say
the least!) and computer systems differ in their ability to handle or
display a "degree" symbol. Thus for most people

          \def\degree{\relax\ifmmode^\circ \else $^\circ$\fi}

is probably better. I find the circle to be just a little too small and
use "{\textstyle\circ}" in place of "\circ". That seems a little too large,
but preferable. It also doesn't change size in subscripts, but probably
you shouln't try to put it there to begin with.

> The first line just defines \degree. The second one allows you to use the
> ASCII degree symbol in your input files (ASCII 248 = .). You can use
> either the control sequence or the character itself.
>
> Pierre Darmon
> acc1bbs!pierre.darmon@ssr.com

Dan

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