[OS X TeX] converting crossref

[Adam R. Maxwell]

On Jul 22, 2007, at 16:42, Justin C. Walker wrote:

>>> As it stands, the title shows up (both in the preview window and  
>>> the actual PDF) with a properly accented 'e'.  Does this mean the  
>>> proper character is being displayed?  I ask simply out of  
>>> ignorance :-}
>>
>> Sorry, I should have been more clear:  BibDesk converts Unicode<- 
>> >TeX automatically when saving and reading files, if the  
>> appropriate box is checked in the Files preference pane.  This  
>> makes searching, viewing, and sorting a bit nicer.
>
> Eewww: you mean actual unreadable gunk in the files?

Certainly not.  I mean readable Unicode characters such as ü are  
displayed in BibDesk, but it converts that to the less readable {\"u}  
when saving the file...so you can still use /bin/ed to edit it if you  
want :).  This is particularly convenient when you copy/paste from  
sources that display accented characters.

> Ick.  It's ASCII for me; all this newfangled UTF encoding just makes  
> it hard to read ;-}

Maybe we just have different ideas of what "readable" actually means...

-- 
Adam
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