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Have just tried adding the degree symbol to the Symbols menu. The label appeared but when I tried to use it 'x' was inserted instead of the degree symbol. Suspect the definition (<Definition \xB0>) is incorrect. Have tried changing the cmds definition to something that does work (plusminus <Definition \xB1>) and all seems okay with that.
I am using FM9.0p196 on Windows 7.
Tried searching the forum for this topic but have been having trouble getting any results for even the simplest search criteria!
Cheers
Stu
Stuart,
What you originally had specified (\xb0) is the encoding for a degree using the Symbol font. For the equivalent ring character in a standard font, the FM encoding is \xfb or ANSI 0176. However, when adding these items to the menus, FM uses the command definitions encoded in the \fminit\configui\wincmds.cfg file. These command definitions uttilize the platform specific keystrokes to circumvent unicode encoding issues.
To add the Degree symbol definition to the SpecialSymbols menu in the me
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Stu, try pressing Ctrl + q, release, then press Shift + {.
Ron Tillotson
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Ron,
Thanks. That works but I am still wondering why it doesn't from the symbol menu. I used the instructions from a previous thread to get the label there but would like to find out hopw to solve it.
Stu
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Great suggestion - right to the point!
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Have just stumbled across answer. Change cmds definition to \xfb an
d it works.
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Stuart,
What you originally had specified (\xb0) is the encoding for a degree using the Symbol font. For the equivalent ring character in a standard font, the FM encoding is \xfb or ANSI 0176. However, when adding these items to the menus, FM uses the command definitions encoded in the \fminit\configui\wincmds.cfg file. These command definitions uttilize the platform specific keystrokes to circumvent unicode encoding issues.
To add the Degree symbol definition to the SpecialSymbols menu in the menus.cfg file, it should be entered as:
<Add CharDegree <Menu SpecialSymbols>>
<Modify CharDegree <KeySequence ^q 0 > >
For future reference, if you want to add any more special charactters to the SpecialSymbols menu, use FM's pre-defined commands. They are all defined in the wincmds.cfg file starting at line 574 in the "-- Universal Extension to Ascii Characters " section.
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Arnis,
Thanks for that.
Stu
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I'd also upgrade to the latest FM 9 release (p255)
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Stuart, you mentioned FM9.0p196 -- there are several updates since then, p196 has some nasty gotchas.
Note that FM updates are not roll-up, so you need to install each one in sequence.
Updates - Adobe - FrameMaker : For Windows
Sheila
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Sheila,
Thanks for info. Have recently had a new machine and IT types had set updates to manual. Have sorted it.
Stu
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Sorry Sheila - hadn't got to your response when I answered the OP!
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Tried searching the forum for this topic but have been having trouble getting any results for even the simplest search criteria!
That's a standard feature on a surprising number of internet forums.
What I do is: