I have problems entering lower case "o" with an umlaut into pmx files, and
getting my TeX setup to recognize them. Andre has told me that he can type
one from his keyboard by hitting two keys in succession, first the umlaut,
then the "o". Problem #1 is that I do not have a key on my keyboard with an
umlaut. It is however possible for me to cut and paste a printed umlaut o
from one of Andre's emails into my pmx files (and here's one as an
experiment: ö). Problem#2 is that this procedure would require me to keep a
text file forever with one in it, and then access it whenever I wanted to
type an umlaut o...pretty klunky. Next, when I run pmx, the pasted umlaut o
does get copied into the tex file, but when tex'ing the result, it is not
recognized at all; I don't even get a blank space. I could use what is
suggested in the TeXbook, i.e., \"o, and my TeX setup does recognize that,
but unless I do some more programming on pmx, I can't use that in a pmx
lyrics string since the quote mark confuses pmx. I tried defining a macro--
\def\us{\"o} --and then using that as inline TeX in PMX, but that didn't
work either. Andre suggested another approach; entering the inline TeX
\catcode`\ö\active \defö{\"o}\ (where the first two o's have umlauts). With
that, when I use the pasted TeX and a pasted umlaut o either in a title or a
lyrics string in a pmx file, it does work. But that still leaves me without
any ability to type the umlaut o from my keyboard.
Help, please!
--Don Simons
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