Thanks to all for your suggestions! >>> you could define some shortcut to insert the appropriate Unicode >>> character into your text (as your keyboard probably does not feature >>> a "ö" key), or copy/paste the Umlauts from another Emacs file as >>> necessary.
>>> But there is a nice emacs solution to enter umlauts: >>> =C-x RET C-\ german-postfix RET= This enables an input method which >>> allows you to enter all german umlauts: ä ü ö Ä Ü Ö and ß. >> Even better, for the OP, is to switch to the tex input method (M-x >> set-input-method RET tex RET)! In this case, you can type \"o to get ö. >> Almost all TeX and LaTeX sequences are understood (e.g. \forall to get >> ∀, \exists for ∃, \alpha for α, \leftrightharpoons for ⇋, and so on.) >> You can see all the characters with =describe-input-method=. One concern I have with all of these solutions is that, if I use them in a file that is encoded in ASCII, Emacs will switch the encoding to Unicode, and that could have unexpected consequences (e.g., with version control). But I have also noticed that many of my Org files (though not the one I originally encountered this problem in) are already encoded in UTF-8, and I haven't had any Unicode-related problems. Are these fears misplaced? Best, Richard _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
