[OS X TeX] [Beginner] unicode support

Tue Apr 12 05:08:10 EDT 2005

Am 12.04.2005 um 00:43 schrieb Marek Stepanek:

> But I will give a try tomorrow to XeTeX. First surprise : i-Installer  
> does
> not list XeTeX anywhere !!! So the next nightmare starts :-( I will  
> try to
> install it from the XeTeX-image.

It does! Known Packages i-Directory --> select Jonathan Kew's  
i-Directory @ SIL

Your test case still is not OK:

	! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

	See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
	Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
	 ...

	l.1 Ô

ªø\documentclass[paper=a4]{scrlttr2}‚Ä®\usepackage{ngerman}‚Ä®\usepacka. 
..

BBEdit, or you, makes gross mistakes. In *EVERY* encoding the LaTeX  
code just has to be:

	\documentclass[paper=a4]{scrlttr2}
	\usepackage{ngerman}
	\usepacka...

Basta!

When I pdflatex your file (I copied your test case into an UTF-8 text  
buffer in GNU Emacs) I get, either I add ``\usepackage{lmodern}´´ to  
define a modern PostScript based Computern Modern substituting font, or  
not:

	This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
	entering extended mode
	(./Stepanek.tex
	LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
	Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for british, french, ngerman,  
nohyphenat
	ion, loaded.
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/koma-script/scrlttr2.cls
	Document Class: scrlttr2 2004/09/16 v2.9t LaTeX2e KOMA document class
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/koma-script/scrlfile.sty
	Package scrlfile, 2004/09/16 v2.9t LaTeX2e KOMA package
	                  Copyright (C) Markus Kohm

	) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/size12.clo)
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/koma-script/typearea.sty
	Package typearea, 2004/09/16 v2.9t LaTeX2e KOMA package
	                  Copyright (C) Frank Neukam, 1992-1994
	                  Copyright (C) Markus Kohm, 1994-2002

	) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/koma-script/DIN.lco))
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/generic/german/ngerman.sty
	v2.5e 1998-07-08)  
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/tex/latex/ucs/ucs.sty
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/tex/latex/ucs/data/uni-global.def))
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/t2/utf-8.def
	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/t2/utfcyr.def
	! Missing number, treated as zero.
	<to be read again>
	                   \errhelp
	l.4 \UnicodeCharacter{x0300}{\`}

	?
	! ngerman: The command "\else is undefined.
	\grmn at dq@error ...and \dq \string #1 is undefined}

	l.4 \UnicodeCharacter{x0300}{\`}

	?

They point to an incompatability of ngerman and ucs, so I commented the  
use of ngerman and got a new log output:

	Class scrlttr2 Warning: \language is 0, \languagename is  
`nohyphenation'
	(scrlttr2)              but \datenohyphenation not defined!
	(scrlttr2)              This seems to be a bug at you're `hyphen.cfg'.
	(scrlttr2)              I'l undefine \languagename to avoid errors.

	Class scrlttr2 Warning: \languagename not defined, using \language.
	(scrlttr2)              This may result in use of wrong language!
	(scrlttr2)              You should use a compatible language package
	(scrlttr2)              (e.g. `Babel', `german', `ngerman', ...).

	(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/tex/latex/ucs/ucsencs.def)
	Foldmarks: yes
	Head of first page
	Foot of first page
	Address (backaddress, addressee)

	LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/lmss/m/n' undefined
	(Font)              using `OT1/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 28.

	Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 28--28

	Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 28--28

	Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 28--28

	Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 28--28

	Location field: empty
	Reference line: only place and date
	Title: no
	Subject: before opening

	LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/lmr/bx/n' undefined
	(Font)              using `OT1/lmr/m/n' instead on input line 28.

	! Undefined control sequence.
	\U2У ->\CYRU

	l.39 Authority - PУ
	                    ВД 645
	?
	! Undefined control sequence.
	\U2В ->\CYRV

	l.39 Authority - PУВ
	                      Д 645
	  + many others of that kind

In the end I got a PDF file without Cyrillic glyphs. Certainly because  
I've chosen the wrong font (without lmodern, i.e. Computer Modern then,  
the same). There are some KOMA related errors for me.

My final advice is to create a new file and copy its contents from the  
copy of your eMail to OS X TeX list. You *do* have to get rid of the  
erroneous UTF-8 characters sprayed into your text! To do so open  
TeXShop once and go into its preferences (Einstellungen) and set Coding  
to UTF-8. Then quit and re-launch TeXShop. Now copy&paste your example  
from Mail. This one worked for me. I don't know whether  
Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 works at all ...

I'm a bit busy today, I'll have some more time at home in the evening!

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

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