GNU bug report logs - #22919
calc should use square root symbol to denote square root

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Zephyr Pellerin <zephyr.pellerin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 03:08:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, zephyr.pellerin <at> gmail.com, flexibeast <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#22919: calc should use square root symbol to denote square root
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:22:41 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:25 -0500
> Cc: Zephyr Pellerin <zephyr.pellerin <at> gmail.com>, 22919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Alexis wrote:
> 
> > to suggest this patch not be applied without also either adding a way
> > to customise which character gets used as the square root symbol, or
> > logic to only display a square root glyph when it's certain it's
> > available.
> 
> See eg ruler-mode-fill-column-char and how it uses char-displayable-p.

That might not work well on a TTY, though.
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