On 14.03.2014 15:56, Robert Kern wrote:
> On 2014-03-14 14:49, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> Where on earth is the degree sign on my keyboard? (Don't answer. It's a
>> rhetorical question.)
>
> To be fair to Marc-Andre, there is a key for this right on his keyboard. It is we benighted
> Americans who lack it.
>
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_keyboard_layout

The keyboard is indeed where I got the idea from :-)

I didn't know that it's not available on US keyboards; only German
and French keyboard appear to have a key for it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_symbol#Keyboard_entry

Ok, enough bike shedding for today :-)

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