[OS X TeX] Latex source files default encoding

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

Thanks Herb !

I had kind of figured that out but wanted confirmation.

Jean-Christophe

On lundi 02 févr. 09, at 00:45, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
>
>> I am working on a "Minimal (Xe)LaTeX template for non-English  
>> languages" in Texshop and I have been looking for that information:
>>
>> What encoding does Latex expect when nothing is specified in the  
>> preambles ? Is it plain ASCII ?
>>
>>
>> Jean-Christophe Helary
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> For xelatex: UTF-8
> For (pdf)latex: ASCII (which is a highly restricted sub-set common  
> to many encodings)
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)