[OS X TeX] encoding and special characters in TexShop

[Luis Sequeira]

> 2. i noticed that iTexMac and Aquamacs display the German Umlaute
> correctly in the editor window. TexShop seems to insist in converting
> them directly in the Tex commands (\"u, etc.) - no matter how the
> document is encoded. Is there a way to teach TexShop the other
> behaviour?
>
> Am I confusing things?
>
> Thx,
> Alex
>

TeXShop has an auto-completion feature that, amongst other things  
does what you describe.
You could, as was suggested, turn auto-completion off, but that is  
overkill.

A better way is to edit the file ~/Library/TeXShop/Keyboard/ 
autocompletion.plist
and remove the undesired entries.

0. Make a backup copy of ~/Library/TeXShop/Keyboard/ 
autocompletion.plist (Cmd-D in the Finder will do).

1. Quit TeXShop, if it is running

2a. If you have the developer tools installed, double-clicking  
autocompletion.plist opens the file in the Property List Editor; just  
select the entry for ü (and Ü and whichever you dont' want) and hit  
the delete button to delete it (them).

2b. If you don't have the developer tools, then you may open it in a  
text editor (such as SubEthaEdit, Smultron, BBEdit, etc) and look for

  a bit like
     	<key>ü</key>
	<string>\"u</string>

delete this, save the file.

3. Restart TeXShop and enjoy your umlauts.

CAUTION:

If you edit in TextEdit, make sure to save as plain text (not rich  
text).
In any case, you should keep a copy of the original file (see 0  
above), just in case something goes wrong.


Luis Sequeira

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