>> Do you have a reason you need more than the 127 standard ASCII >> characters in your LaTeX **SOURCE**? > > How about "ease of typing"? If my keyboard has it (say German umlauts, in > my case), TeX understands it (inputenc) why shouldn't I use it?
Remember that inputenc does behind-the-scenes exactly what I'm saying -- it translates exotic characters (especially in the case of unicode) to "safer" ones. > (I'm aware that doesn't relate to Fabio's initial problem anymore. But I > think it does to your question.) Whenever we stray above 7 bits per character, I get a little worried. ASCII is only 7-bits, and no one can agree on character encoding after that. If I have a source file with characters that make use of that extra bit (or more!), there's a good chance people who I work with are not going to be able to read my file properly. In particular, let's say I only use one accented e in an entire document. There's a good chance that one accented e can go about being mucked around through various text editors on various different operating systems, and no one is going to notice until it's out for publication. Suddenly the accented e looks like an emptyset or something like that. Plus, is \'e much worse to type than '<BS>e? I understand that more advanced keyboards are going to have more advanced keys. However, when you must work with other people on computers, and when a large portion of those users are going to be restricted to viewing the 127 ASCII characters safely, it might be best to restrict yourself to the 127 ASCII characters. So, in your case, I'd recommend using Vim's mapping features to map those keys to their LaTeX counterparts. That way everyone is safe and your message gets communicated loud and clear. --Ted -- Ted Pavlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Vim-latex-devel mailing list Vim-latex-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vim-latex-devel
