Delta-v emoticon

[Ozymandias_the_Goat]

Furthermore, I think that we need a repository of technical symbols such as Greek characters and whatnot, as it is rather inconvenient to copy-paste the delta symbol from Wikipedia or something all the time. (If there is a functionality to do this already in the forums, I would duly appreciate being brought up to speed on it)

[Geonovast]

It shouldn't be hard, as we already have

Shouldn't be difficult to add a few more.

Does this work?

∆

Nope.

Edited November 26, 2018 by Geonovast

[adsii1970]

1 hour ago, Geonovast said:

It shouldn't be hard, as we already have

Shouldn't be difficult to add a few more.

Does this work?

∆

Nope.

δ : Lower case delta (alt+235)

▲: Upper case delta (alt+30)

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by adsii1970

[Kerbinchaser]

(alt-30)

Crap. 

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

On 11/26/2018 at 7:53 AM, adsii1970 said:

δ : Lower case delta (alt+235)

▲: Upper case delta (alt+30)

 

You can also technically use the browser "inspect element" feature to embed unicode Δ

&#916 is the HTML code. It takes some fiddling to make it work though.

[Kerbinchaser]

&#916

 

CRAP!

(Lol)

Edited December 6, 2018 by Lo Var Lachland

[Snark]

I'd question how useful a feature like this owuld be.  For one thing, not only is "dV" extremely easy to type, but also everyone is used to everyone doing it that way... which means that, among other things, "dV" is searchable.

e.g. "Find posts that contain the phrase 'dv'", or "find places within this lengthy post where 'dV' is mentioned" that sort of thing.

Typing "▲v" instead means that anyone who searches for "dV" won't find it.  And even if someone wants to search for '▲v', most folks wouldn't know how to type it anyway.  Plus, if you start using ▲v instead of dV yourself... then we'll end up in a situation where most people still say "dV" (let's face it, that ship has sailed, that's never going to change), and other people say ▲v, and there will be substantial numbers of newbies out there who won't realize that those two are the same thing, and will end up very confused.  At least now things are fairly consistent, which has a value of its own.

How would moving to a world where some people say '▲v' instead of 'dv' actually help anyone?  Seems to me it would simply inject confusion and inconvenience to a situation that's not in crisis-- a "don't fix it if it ain't broke" scenario.

Emoji like and have a lot of value because they're a graphical representation of icons that KSP users have in front of their eyeballs all the time, so they're super useful for illustrative purposes (not least because I suspect that most KSP players understand and a lot better than they'd recognize the words "normal" and "antinormal").  For dV, though, I see no corresponding benefit.

So, just speaking personally... I'd just as soon not have a dedicated emoji for this.