[OS X TeX] [pdftk] MacOS Roman -> Western ISO Latin 9

[Simon Spiegel]

On 13.12.2008, at 21:56, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

>
> On Dec 13, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Alex Ross wrote:
>
>> On Dec 13, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Friedrich Vosberg wrote:
>>
>>> I've changed the coding of my TeX source files to ISO Latin 9. But  
>>> unfortunately now my TeXShop script using pdftk doesn't work  
>>> anymore. And I have not a clue of an idea what may cause this  
>>> fault. The console reports:
>>
>> You can save yourself a lot of trouble by using UTF-8 coding.
>
> Maybe if you use XeTeX.  Even then, you can also cause yourself a  
> lot of trouble if you use bibtex with UTF-8 encoding, depending on  
> which style you use.

I've been using pdf(La)TeX with UTF-8 for years without any real  
problems. IME there is really no reason not to use UTF-8.

simon
--
Simon Spiegel
Steinhaldenstr. 50
8002 Zürich

Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334
Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39

http://www.simifilm.ch

„I'm not that easy to impress. – O, a blue car!“ Homer Simpson




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/attachments/20081214/7d64969f/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 2417 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/attachments/20081214/7d64969f/attachment.bin>