From: Carson Chittom <carson@wistly.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to get \circ symbol in odt export?
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:09:28 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rex39bkykav.fsf@wistly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ty41nd3p.fsf@ucl.ac.uk
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/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-12 16:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-12 15:30 how to get \circ symbol in odt export? Eric S Fraga
2012-01-12 15:40 ` Eric S Fraga
2012-01-12 16:09 ` Carson Chittom [this message]
2012-01-12 16:22 ` Eric S Fraga
2012-01-12 18:06 ` Christian Moe
2012-01-12 19:02 ` Carson Chittom
2012-01-12 19:49 ` Eric S Fraga
2012-01-12 20:39 ` Christian Moe
2012-01-12 22:55 ` Eric S Fraga
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