Infinity Char on Windows

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Tue Jan 30 11:28:46 EST 2007


On Jan 28, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Mark Greenberg wrote:

> I am trying to port my math stacks from Mac to Windows.  Some of  
> the stacks use the infinity character (like a sideways 8), but in  
> Windows it displays as a box instead.  Does anyone know how I might  
> make that display properly in Windows?  If the solution involves  
> Unicode, be explicit because I've never tried to make Unicode work  
> for me in Rev.

Using html entities is a reliable way to preserve symbols and special  
characters cross platform. Try this:

set the htmlText of fld "myMathFld" to ""

Of course, you'd have to include whatever other characters were  
needed in the html string.

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




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