[texhax] how to get underscore _character_ into a .pdf using LaTeX
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Thu Jul 28 23:31:15 CEST 2011
On 2011-07-28 at 13:22:39 -0400, William Adams wrote:
> I wrote (incompletely):
>
> > Full post w/ credit to Richard (I hope I spelled your name
> > correctly, didn't take the time to copy/paste, mea culpa)
>
> is on the OS X TeX mailing list.
>
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
>
> > Cor blimey, Guv : that's a bit OTT -- what about
> >
> > {\tt \string _}
> > \end
>
> I tried that, but the minimal sample was in a bold environment and
> wasn't working right.
>
> I think it would be a good thing if
>
> > \usepackage{lmodern}
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> > \usepackage{textcomp}
>
> became a default for LaTeX. It's a big improvement in
> functionality, &c.
Hi William,
as a maintainer of VnTeX, I vote for T5 as a default. :)
However, with the new engines (XeTeX and LuaTeX) you don't need
fontenc and textcomp anymore. *That* is an improvement.
Regards,
Reinhard
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