[OS X TeX] fontenc documentation...

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

Basically, my problem is that according to:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=why-inp-font

The area covered by fontenc is pretty much also covered by inputenc.

Also, the FAQ says that "only fontenc has the means to convert [\'e]  
into the T1 character", but I just found that in Texshop I could type  
\'e without _any_ fontenc preamble and LaTeX was still able to process  
that...

Considering that I'm thinking about people who _won't_ type such  
sequences, but rather "é" directly, what is the preferred/more modern/ 
more intuitive choice. fontenc or inputenc ? I'd personally go for  
inputenc if I understood all the implications...


On lundi 02 févr. 09, at 01:07, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:

> I can't find much documentation about fontenc in the doc tree of  
> MacTex. Am I missing something obvious ?
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> Jean-Christophe Helary