[OS X TeX] path names with umlauts

[Peter Weidenmueller]

hello,

german umlaut should NEVER be used in information technology.
a system patch could make it very hard to access the files / folders.
you should use ue instead of ü, ae instead of ä, etc
additional special chars should be avoided, too (space, komma)
it is better to use '_'. 
ascii-char is THE standard, at information-technology. 

best regards

peter


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:04:25 +1100
> Von: Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au>
> An: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Betreff: Re: [OS X TeX] path names with umlauts

> Hello Friedrich,
> 
> On 20/03/2012, at 9:51 PM, RA Friedrich Vosberg wrote:
> 
> > Morning.
> > 
> > Is there a tool to enable LaTeX and particularly TeXShop to accept
> umlauts and spaces in path and file names?
> > 
> > I won't like to change the directory names on my system. A lot of them
> are the names of my clients, e.g. »Müller, Günther«. When I try to
> include a PDF file from within /Müller, Günther into another document by using
> \includepdf{/Müller, Günther/filename.pdf) it doesn't work.
> > 
> > A workaround could be to use an alias of the file copied into the
> directory of the target file. But unfortunately LaTeX doesn't work with Mac OS X
> aliases.
> 
> No.
> But it does work with Unix soft links, done from a terminal:
> 
>   ln -s <target-directory or file>  <local-name>
> 
> > 
> > Is there a way to make LaTeX more acquainted with Mac OS X Lion and the
> possibility to use aliases and umlauts or spaces in file and path names?
> > 
> > Kind regards, Friedrich Vosberg
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 	Ross
> 
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