Subj : Re: Degree sign
To   : Mark Lewis
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Fri Nov 25 2016 09:24:00

In a message on Friday 11-24-16 mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Mark,

 HG> Recently I received an e-mail from a friend, who didn't know how to
 HG> implement the degree sign, (ø) into the message, ....

ml> this is why i've taken to using the standard form of

ml>   W73d43m33s N35d21m19s
ml>   -73d43m33s  35d21m19s

ml> and similar where the 'd' indicates "degrees". 'm' is "minutes"
ml> (including decimal minutes) and 's' is "seconds"... it just makes
ml> sense when one can't figure out how to create those charcters...

Well, the code for the degree sign is in my spine in OS/2 and DOS,
and now I even remember the code for that sign in Windows.

BTW, the degree sign I entered in OS/2 came back in the quoted text
correctly.


Have a nice day,

Holger


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