[OS X TeX] Celsius

[Peder Axensten]

I've always been told that in angles there should be no space (30°), 
but in temperatures (and in front of SI-units in general) there should 
(-10 °C, 263 K).

On 14 feb 2005, at 17.59, 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)
>>
>> I have no idea what else to try.
>>
>> What obvious thing am I missing?
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> 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
> \newcommand{\degR}{\mbox{\degree R}} % Rankin
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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