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Manual for psimpoll and pscomb


Table of accented and other special characters for use in labels

What to type in order to have the indicated character displayed on the final diagram. Examples are shown where this is possible within the limitations of HTML 2.0.

Type:   to get:
a\'     á acute accent on any letter 
a\u       breve accent on any letter
z\v       caron accent on any letter
c\,     ç cedilla with any letter
a\^     â circumflex on any letter
a\"     ä dieresis on A, a, E, e, I, i, O, o, U, u
a\`     à grave accent on A, a, E, e, I, i, O, o, U, u
a\-       macron accent on any letter
e\;       ogonek with any letter
n\~     ñ tilde on A, a, N, n
o\e       French ligature (lowercase)
O\E       French ligature (uppercase)
s\s     ß
o\*       long Hungarian umlaut on any letter
d\h     ð Icelandic eth
D\h     Ð Icelandic Eth
p\h     þ Icelandic thorn
P\h     Þ Icelandic Thorn
l\/       Polish suppressed-l
L\/       Polish suppressed-L
a\e     Æ Scandinavian ligature
A\E     æ Scandinavian ligature
a\o     å Scandinavian a-ring
A\o     Å Scandinavian A-ring
o\/     ø Scandinavian o-slash
O\/     Ø Scandinavian O-slash
\251    © Copyright symbol
\261    ± Plus-minus symbol
%\/     ‰ Per thousand symbol
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