Guenter -
This was a big help. It accomplishes exactly what I wanted.
Many thanks,
Hal
On Aug 30, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Guenter Milde wrote:
> On 2010-08-29, Hal Kierstead wrote:
>
>>> I have a problem with LyX 1.6.7. I work with collaborators who do not
>>> use LyX. Suppose I import this to LyX:
>
>>> \begin{document}
>>> P\'osa, R\"odl, Erd\H os.
>>> \end{document}
>
>>> I get.
>
>>> Pósa, Rödl, Erdős.
>
>>> This is fine for me. When I export it I get
>
>>> \begin{document}
>>> PÛsa, Rˆdl, Erdo\H{o}s.
>>> \end{document}
>
> By default, LyX generates LaTeX files in a language-dependent 8-bit
> encoding.
>
>>> The last is fine for me but not for my collaborators. It would be
>>> much better to export the standard tex code for accents.
>
> This is configurable on a document basis by checking
> Document>Settings>Language>Encoding>Other and selecting "ASCII".
>
> Whether 7-bit ASCII or 8-bit language-dependent encodings or UTF-8
> encoded Unicode are much better is hard to agree on.
>
>
> Instead of changing the encoding setting for every document, you can also
> copy the file "languages" from the LyX-directory (here /usr/share/lyx/)
> to your personal LyX-directory (here ~/.lyx/) and change the default
> setting for the respective language, e.g.
>
> - magyar magyar "Hungarian" false iso8859-2 hu_HU ""
>
> to
>
> + magyar magyar "Hungarian" false ascii hu_HU ""
>
> or
>
> + magyar magyar "Hungarian" false utf8 hu_HU ""
>
>
>>> Is this a bug or desired enhancement?
>
> While I do not consider this a bug, I see two enhancement options:
>
> * Store the original encoding (inputenc option) when importing LaTeX
> files. Use ASCII instead of "language default", if there is no
> "\usepackage[<encoding>]{inputenc}" in the original.
>
> * Provide a configurable file encoding default with the values "ascii",
> "utf-8" and "language-dependent".
>
>
> Günter
