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insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:08 am

The latex tutorial I'm reading says to use textcomp to make degrees centigrade symbols, euros, etc. However, http://www.ctan.org/pkg/textcomp
the CTAN website says it's obsolete, and I'm having trouble downloading it.

In lyx \textdegree does not generate the degree symbol because I obviously don't have the right package enabled in the preamble.

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Post by **localghost** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:40 am

insipidtoast wrote:[…] the CTAN website says it's obsolete, and I'm having trouble downloading it. […]

I can't see where it's said that the package is obsolete. And a download and installation by hand is not needed since the package is a standard part of your TeX distribution.

Thorsten

insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:11 pm

30 \textcelsius{}
%produces an error every time. I don't know why the tutorial says to type that!??!
30 \textdegree{}C
% Since this is the correct way to produce the temperature symbol for centigrade.

\textcelsius %does not work.

Post by **localghost** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:35 pm

It goes without saying that you have to load the package. Please don't ask me how to do that in LyX. And what is this tutorial you are talking about?

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:41 pm

This simple document works without problems, containing the line you mentioned:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\begin{document}
30 \textcelsius{}
\end{document}

Also in LyX, you can load a package by adding

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\usepackage{textcomp}

to the LaTeX preamble via the menu Document / Settings. I just guess you might have forgotten it.

Stefan

insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:10 pm

No, I already had that package loaded into the preamble.

\textcelsius{} %actually worked this time! I probably spelled it wrong the other time.

insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:18 pm

\textdegree{}C %works better, because it looks the same as the result from entering:

\textdegree{}F

\textcelsius{} %looks different

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:21 pm

So I guess the problem is solved - correct?

The error is gone and you found a consistent symbol. Btw. textcomp is not obsolete, it's just not distributed as extra package any more since it's distributed with the basic LaTeX.

Stefan

Post by **cgnieder** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:39 pm

In general I would advice to use siunitx for any kind of units. You'll get consistent spacing and consistent looks of all number-unit combinations.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\DeclareSIUnit{\fahrenheit}{\degree F}
\begin{document}
\SI{30}{\celsius}
\SI{99.9}{\fahrenheit}
\end{document}

Regards

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