[Tugindia] german chars in std letter
H S Rai
tugindia@tug.org
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:26:04 +0530 (IST)
Today at 12:27pm +0100 David Kastrup wrote:
> > On Linux, I am able to get these, without use of these packages,
> > using like:
> >
> > {\"a}, {\ss}, {\"u}
>
> Not only on Linux: these ASCII sequences, though less readable,
> are portable across all systems. However, you should _never_
> enclose them in quotes since that disrupts ligatures and kernings.
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> Please refrain from those extra braces!
Dear David,
Thanks for your suggestion. You are simply great!
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