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    <font face="Courier New">Dear all,<br>
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      I think a half-high (centered) dot "·" is a better (and more
      standard) multiplication sign, it does not take much space and it
      cannot be confused with the decimal separator ".", for instance <br>
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      1 + Ts·s - A·s</font><font face="Courier New"><sup>2</sup></font><font
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      <br>
    </font>1 + 2.·s - 0.27·s<sup>2</sup><br>
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    However, I think the decimal dot shouldn't be used in a block
    diagram, its only use is to indicate they are real numbers, but
    block diagrams never refer to integers so the decimal dot is
    somewhat pedantic.<br>
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    By the way, the "·" can be typed using Alt-250 (on the num pad).  <br>
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    Regards,<br>
    <br>
    Federico Miyara  <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/10/2019 16:32, Samuel Gougeon
      wrote:<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 30/10/2019 à 12:41, Perrichon a
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Hello
              Samuel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Thanks you
              for your positive response. </span><span
              class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN">It gives me hope</span></span><span
              style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">For </span>literal
            numbers, sign « . » is also acceptable instead of sign « * »</p>
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      With a dot:<br>
      <p><img src="cid:part1.E53832CF.34F2B884@fceia.unr.edu.ar" alt=""
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      <p>With a wider space:</p>
      <p><img src="cid:part2.3AA7C3D2.5032E9AE@fceia.unr.edu.ar" alt=""
          class=""></p>
      <p>With the original *:</p>
      <p><img src="cid:part3.FA519AD2.E18C0ACA@fceia.unr.edu.ar" alt=""
          class=""></p>
      <p>What's the best, in average situation ?</p>
      <p>My own preference goes to the wider space.<br>
        But i am not a Xcos user.</p>
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