[latexrefman] Texinfo UTF-8 does not have №

[Denis Bitouzé]

Le 19/04/20 à 23h28, Vincent Belaïche a écrit :

> The French for «#» with the meaning of «number» is «№».
>
> In the latexrefman, because # has some meaning in the TeX/LaTeX
> language the symbol # is never used in the explanation text as an
> abbreviation to replace word «number».
>
> For instance it is written somewhere «published by the @TeX{} Users
> Group as @cite{@TeX{}niques} number 10» which I translated by «publié
> par le @TeX{} Users Group en tant que @cite{@TeX{}niques} numéro 10».
>
> However, I am wondering whether instead of using full text «numéro»,
> it wouldn't have been shorter/simpler to use its abbreviation №.
>
> Now, I just realize that this symbol does not compile to PDF, it gets
> empty in the PDF output.
>
> So I have two questions :
>
> To Denis : qu'est-ce que tu en penses, de temps à autres ça serait
> pertinent de faire plus concis ainsi ?

Answer in rough English :) Instead of №, I usually use `\no` from
`babel-french` and, indeed, it would be more readable than the full
"numéro".
-- 
Denis