Re: how to get \circ symbol in odt export?

[Carson Chittom <carson@wistly.net>]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I usually export to PDF via LaTeX.  One of the symbols I use a lot is
>> the degree symbol (as in degrees C) and typically do this with a
>> latex-ism:
>>
>>   ^{\circ}C
>>
>> This doesn't export well to ODT.  Can anybody suggest what I can use
>> that would?  Using "^{o}C" works but doesn't look very nice (lower case
>> o is not a circle, more of an oval).
>>
>> Not a critical issue but I *am* curious!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> eric
>
> I've answered my own question: simply resort to UTF characters!
> Replacing ^{\circ} with the DEGREE SIGN unicode character (°) does the
> trick for both latex/pdf and odt exports!  *And* looks good in the org
> buffer as well.

For the sake of completeness, I'll mention that Scott Pakin's
Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List[1] lists several packages which include
\degree or something similar.

[1] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/