Bug#133785: marked as done (tetex-bin: latex doesn't generate extended-ascii characters)
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Package: tetex-bin
Version: 1.0.7+20011202-3
Severity: normal
When including characters like ° (ascii 176) or º (ascii 186) in a .tex file, they don't appear
in the resulting .dvi
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux mrmime 2.4.7-mosix #2 Tue Aug 14 12:07:33 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debianutils 1.15 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian.
ii dpkg 1.9.18 Package maintenance system for Debian
ii ed 0.2-19 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.2.4-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libkpathsea3 1.0.7+20011202 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii libpng2 1.0.12-3 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-1 The GNU stdc++ library
ii libtiff3g 3.5.5-6 Tag Image File Format library
ii libxaw7 4.1.0-13 X Athena widget set library
ii tetex-base 1.0.2+20011202 basic teTeX library files
ii xlibs 4.1.0-13 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1.1.3-19 compression library - runtime
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"EvB" == Eric Van Buggenhaut <eric@eric.andago.net> writes:
EvB> When including characters like ° (ascii 176) or º (ascii
EvB> 186) in a .tex file, they don't appear in the resulting
EvB> .dvi
That's a feature, not a bug.
The characters you cite are high-ASCII (8-bit). TeX is based on
low-ASCII (7-bit) text, for maximum portability and because it's
pretty old. To get nonstandard characters, you have to use LaTeX
commands.
Without loading any special packages, \textordmasculine will get
you ASCII 186 (masculine ordinal). To get a degree symbol, you
have to stretch a bit, defining a command such as
\newcommand{\degree}{\ensuremath{\,{}^{\circ}}}
that you would use as ``92\degree'' in text.
(Or perhaps
\newcommand{\degree}[1]{#1\ensuremath{^\circ}}
\newcommand{\degreeC}[1]{#1\ensuremath{^\circ}~C}
used as \degree{92} or \degreeC{92}.)
Alternatively, you could load the inputenc package and specify an
input encoding that includes the characters you want to use. With
an appropriate encoding, you'll have both \textdegree and
\textordmasculine commands. Be sure to read the documentation for
inputenc (``texdoc inputenc'').
(Note that many of the encoding definition files simply define
\textdegree as I did in my first example, then use
\DeclareInputText to associate the LaTeX command with the
particular character.)
BTW, a search on Google for ``LaTeX degree'' would have given you
pretty much the same answers I've given you here.
CMC
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