On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:45 AM, stefano franchi wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:37 AM, stefano franchi wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Stefano. Don't see how to do that, either. Scrivener does not >>>> appear on the dropdown list. Perhaps there is something on the list that >>>> would stand in for the Scrivener output? E.g., it probably wouldn't do the >>>> job, but "plain text"? >>> >>> Scrivener does not appear because you haven't created it yet. >>> >>> 1. Go to: Tools>>Preferences>>FileHandling>>File Format >>> >>> 2. Click "New" >>> >>> 3. Type "Scrivener' (or whatever) in the filed labeled "Format" >>> >>> 4. Click "Apply" >> >> Thanks, Stefano. I was overlooking the file format window. Had some >> difficulty getting them to save. When I finally did and tried importing a >> latex document the weird characters were there again. I tried this several >> times, making sure that the converter was properly set up and selected, and >> starting fresh with a new compile/export from Scrivener and continued to get >> the weird characters. >> >> Finally resorted to executing the command in the terminal. > > That would work as well---just less conveniently so. Be sure you have > the -e UTF8 switch in the converter line (as per my previous post)
I copied the text from your message. Since it's not in the command you gave me to use in the terminal, I'm wondering about this part of what you said I should put in the converter field: -f $$i $$o I assume it's not the source of the problem I'm having at the moment. Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net "A man should be in the world as though he were not in it so that it will be no worse because of his life." - Wendell Berry
