On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> > ObCC: so what did you UKans do to get your funny-looking L on
> > computers, terminals, and printers imported from ASCII-speaking
> > countries?
>
> In TeX (which is all I really need), it's \pounds. IIRC the equivalent of
> $ in the italic font is a pound sign, or something.
I sort of like the idea expressed in the _Red Dwarf_ SF TV comedy
where the money in the future is expressed in "dollarpounds", and
amounts are preceded by both symbols, at least in the novelisations.
Any time the politicians are changing the definition of the money,
you know they're not going to kiss you afterwards.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
Received on Mon Feb 01 1999 - 20:14:58 GMT