[OS X TeX] Celsius

[Robert Jones]

Hi,

On Tuesday, Feb 15, 2005, at 03:29 Australia/Adelaide, Herb Schulz 
wrote:
> On 2/14/05 10:39 AM, "Alain Schremmer" <Schremmer.Alain at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>> \textcelsius doesn't work for me (Undefined control sequence)

> It doesn't exist in all fonts. Try using
> \newcommand{\degC}{\mbox{${}^\circ$C}}. Actually, I made a macro 
> \ang{} and
> then everything else followed:
> % \ang{30} gives 30° (math or text)
> \newcommand{\ang}[1]{\ensuremath{{#1}^{\circ}}}
> \newcommand{\degree}{\mbox{\ang{}}}  % general text degree
> \newcommand{\degC}{\mbox{\degree C}} % Celsius
> \newcommand{\degF}{\mbox{\degree F}} % Farenheit
> \newcommand{\degK}{\mbox{\degree K}} % Kelvin

The SI symbol for degrees Kelvin is just K, not $^{\circ}$K.

Cheers,
Rob
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