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Huh, it worked for ö, but א gave me: ! Undefined control sequence. \u-default-1488 #1->\hebalef And the Japanese example above gave me: Package u
by w1ntermute 16y ago
Huh, it worked for ö, but א gave me:
! Undefined control sequence.
\u-default-1488 #1->\hebalef
And the Japanese example above gave me:
Package ucs Error: Unknown Unicode character 12371 = U+3053
Either way, there's not much of a point in using LaTeX when XeLaTeX is available, save for intercompatibility. So until sites like this one start moving to XeTeX/XeLaTeX, we'll still often be stuck without (true) Unicode.
- _delirium 16y agoAh yeah, for things other than the built-in special characters (like umlauts), you also need all the relevant language-specific packages that actually implement the macro, a bit of additional fun. ;-) In the Hebrew case, you need the ivritex package for \hebalef to be defined. But yeah, XeLaTeX makes that all much simpler. The LaTeX solution is mostly good if you're already using LaTeX for some reason, but need to include non-ASCII text from a limited range of languages (e.g. you're writing a Hebrew document, or an English document with a Greek literature quotation).
- jpallen 16y agoI agree, ScribTeX needs support for XeTeX and other LaTeX compilers. As the creator of the site, I guess I'm in a unique position to make this happen! It's been on my todo list for a while now and isn't without its difficulties, but I'll use this conversation as renewed motivation to get it done.