Don Simons wrote:
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!
These instructions might be helpful http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/schreiben/umlaute.html Greetings -- Christian Mondrup WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:WIMA_files ------------------------------- [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
