Insert a symbol into the text. If the browser is Internet Explorer and if there is an entry in Microsoft's symbol font, that will be used, otherwise unicode is used.
- symbolName
- a string, LATex or HTML label for the symbol.
The actual symbol is inserted using Microsoft's symbol font and code if the browser is IE and if the symbol is available. Otherwise inserts unicode. The symbol name is interpreted as a LATex name if setSymbolsToLatex(set)
was last called with set = true
and as HTML if there was no call or set=false
on the last call.
Inserting some symbols
HTML label | LATex Label | IE Symbol | Unicode | Symbol |
alpha | a | α | ||
beta | b | β | ||
gamma | g | γ | ||
pi | p | π | ||
Gamma | G | Γ | ||
Delta | D | ∆ | ||
Theta | Q | Θ | ||
Sigma | S | Σ | ||
Pi | P | Π | ||
Omega | W | Ω | ||
leftarrow | ¬ | ← | ||
rightarrow | ® | → | ||
Leftarrow | Ü | ⇐ | ||
Rightarrow | Þ | ⇒ | ||
forall | " | ∀ | ||
exists | $ | ∃ | ||
pm | ± | ± | ||
cup | È | ∪ | ||
times | × | |||
cdot | · | |||
bullet | · | • | ||
div | ¸ | ÷ | ||
parallel | || | || |