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Re: Earth Symbol [message #75642 is a reply to message #75475]

Tue, 15 March 2011 07:21

wlandsman
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On Monday, March 14, 2011 3:31:37 PM UTC-4, David Fanning wrote:
> The
> real problem is that IDL does not come with
> an installed Unicode font that can be used.
> You have to go looking for one.

I agree with this. I remember when IDL 8.0 first came out, I went through a series of good news -- bad news discoveries.

Good News: IDL 8.0 allows one to use a TeX-like syntax for mathematical symbols
Bad News: The Sun symbol is not listed among the available symbols in the PLOT() help
Good News: The Sun symbol *is* listed in the tex2idl code used by PLOT()
Bad News: The tex2idl Sun symbol requires a Unicode font and I can't figure out how to use a Unicode font with IDL on my Mac/Linux machines.

So I agree that having an installed Unicode font for IDL would be an important addition for a scientific plotting language. --Wayne

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		Earth Symbol By: Tim Bovaird on Sun, 13 March 2011 10:26
		Re: Earth Symbol By: wlandsman on Tue, 15 March 2011 07:21
		Re: Earth Symbol By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 14 March 2011 12:33
		Re: Earth Symbol By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 March 2011 12:31
		Re: Earth Symbol By: wlandsman on Mon, 14 March 2011 12:13
		Re: Earth Symbol By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 March 2011 11:58

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