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Re: Angstrom Symbol Nonsense [message #8051 is a reply to message #8037]

Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00

rosentha
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Registered: November 1994

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On 2 Feb 1997 19:29:22 GMT, mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov <mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> All this talk about symbols reminded me of a package called TexToIDL that
> I found somewhere on the web. If you like TeX, this is a really neat
> program written by Matthew W. Craig that lets you specify symbols using
> TeX format. For example, if I wanted to XYOUTS the symbol for chi^2,
>
> XYOUTS, X, Y, TexToIDL('\chi^2')

> PS I don't think the angstrom symbol is available with the package :-)

Just add the line

[ '\AA', '!6!sA!r!u!9 %!6!n', string(byte(197)) ],$

to the file textable.pro (or something).

Colin Rosenthal

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		Angstrom Symbol Nonsense By: davidf on Thu, 30 January 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom Symbol Nonsense By: rosentha on Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom Symbol Nonsense By: D.Kennedy on Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom Symbol Nonsense By: davidf on Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom Symbol Nonsense By: Struan Gray on Wed, 05 February 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom Symbol Nonsense By: pit on Mon, 03 February 1997 00:00
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