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<entry id="gensymb" 
       datestamp="2003/07/23" 
       modifier="Graham.Williams@togaware.com">
  <about>
    <name>gensymb</name>
    <caption>Generic symbols for both text and math mode.</caption>
    <author>
      <name>Walter Schmidt</name>
      <email>w-a-schmidt@arcor.de</email>
    </author>
    <license type="lppl"/>
    <version>
      <number>1.0</number>
    </version>
  </about>
  <description>
    <abstract>
      Provides generic commands \degree, \celsius, \perthousand,
      \micro and \ohm which work both in text and math mode.  Various
      means are provided to fake the symbols or take them from
      particular symbol fonts, if they are not available in the
      default fonts used in the document.  This should be perfectly
      transparent at user level, so that one can apply the same
      notation for units of measurement in text and math mode and with
      arbitrary typefaces.  Note that the package has been designed to
      work flawlessly in conjunction with the famous <xref
      refid="units">units.sty</xref>.
    </abstract>
  </description>
  <distribution>
    <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/was</ctan>
  </distribution>
</entry>
