gamin@ireq-robot.UUCP (Martin Boyer) (01/10/90)
Is it possible to have 8 bit characters in a (La)TeX file? For example, can some character with the 8th bit set be used to represent the sequence \'e (e with acute accent). Of course, people using international character sets will recognize this as an attempt to customize TeX for languages other than English. Thanks, -- Martin Boyer ireq-robot!mboyer@Larry.McRCIM.McGILL.EDU Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp Varennes, QC, Canada J3X 1S1 +1 514 652-8136
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (01/10/90)
|Is it possible to have 8 bit characters in a (La)TeX file? | |For example, can some character with the 8th bit set be used to represent |the sequence \'e (e with acute accent). Yes, in TeX 3.0. (Please don't mail me asking where to get it. It's being tested by various people and will be announced in the fullness of time.)
ralph (Ralph P. Sobek) (01/12/90)
In article <1990Jan9.234455.18978@cs.rochester.edu> ken@cs.rochester.edu writes: | Yes, in TeX 3.0. Yes, better integrated. But, I've already seen such in TeX 2.9. From a local TeX file I have the following: \lccode`=` \uccode`=` \lccode`=` \uccode`=` \def\"#1{{\accent"7F #1\penalty10000\hskip 0pt plus 0pt}} \catcode`=\active \def{\"a} \catcode`=\active \def{\"A} Or is this just a kludge? I'm not the TeXie that wrote this. Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!mcvax!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: SOBEK@FRMOP11.BITNET sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Reliable software should kill people reliably! -Andy Mickel, Pascal News #13,78
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (01/12/90)
|| Yes, in TeX 3.0. | |Yes, better integrated. But, I've already seen such in TeX 2.9. From |a local TeX file I have the following: | |\lccode`=` \uccode`=` \lccode`=` \uccode`=` | |\def\"#1{{\accent"7F #1\penalty10000\hskip 0pt plus 0pt}} | |\catcode`=\active \def{\"a} |\catcode`=\active \def{\"A} | |Or is this just a kludge? I'm not the TeXie that wrote this. No, you are confusing the input code with the font map. What 8 bit input means is that you can, for example, enter <i dieresis> as a single charcter, instead of \"{\i}, using your ISO 8859 capable terminal, and 8 bit capable editor.