Hm, strange that you can't use the Special Characters. I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't work. I can use it without any problems.
Anyway: Are you sure that the encoding is UTF-8? Close TeXShop, open it again and check Preferences. In the case of »é« I think you are using the wrong character. When I type in »'e« (apostrophe e) than I get »'e«. You have to use the acute accent »´« (unfortunately I don't know where or whether you can find it on your keyboard. Look here: http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/keyboard_shortcuts.html Hope that helps, Patrick -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:06:13 +1000 > Von: Graham Norton <graha...@iprimus.com.au> > An: Patrick Schmidt <p.l.schm...@gmx.de> > Betreff: Re: French acccents > > On 02/08/2009, at 6:32 PM, Patrick Schmidt wrote: > > > Hi Graham, > > > > it's much easier than you think. If you want to enter for example an > > é, just type »´e« or whatever character you want. Some characters > > (like umlauts) may not be directly accessible via a certain key but > > there are always shortcuts for characters. Maybe you should install > > the software PopChar. After installing it you can see a »P« in the > > left upper corner of the screen (right before the apple logo).It > > won't show you all the shortcuts if you don't register/pay but it's > > still useful. > > > Patrick, > > I'm afraid 'e is simply repeated as 'e in the Lilypond output. Nothing > is happening. > > I may try PopChar later. (But see codes below!) > > > But you can also use the Special Characters of TeXShop. What's wrong > > with that? Just choose your character and double click on it or use > > the button »Insert« > > > No, I still CANNOT enter characters from this table in TeXShop ); it > does nothing (this does not surprise e, it is an ASCII editor. > (Although Special Characters are inserted correctly in the Mail > program). > > I noticed that the Special Characters tables give the codes when you > select and position the cursor on the character! So > the tables give > > è > Unicode 00E8 > UFT8 C3 A8 > > é > Unicode 00E9 > UFT8 C3 A9 > > > Maybe I will try these in LilyPond.... > > Vielendank. Alles gute > > Graham > > Cheers, > > Patrick > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >> Datum: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:58:47 +1000 > >> Von: Graham Norton <graha...@iprimus.com.au> > >> An: "Patrick Schmidt" <p.l.schm...@gmx.de> > >> Betreff: Re: French acccents > > > >> On 02/08/2009, at 5:45 PM, Patrick Schmidt wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Graham, > >>> > >>>> I am using the editor TeXShop with MacOSX, and so I cannot enter > >>>> French characters via the editor. > >>> > >>> Yes, you can! It's not difficult. Go to TeXShop/Preferences, choose > >>> encoding: Unicode (UTF-8) and click ok. Then you can enter any > >>> accent you want. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Patrick > >> > >> Thanks Patrick. > >> > >> OK I have done this (my mistake was trying to do it via the Apple > >> Preferences!). Now how do I enter the accents? Special Characters > >> under the Edit button does nothing at all.... Still unclear how to > >> get > >> e' for instance (or e.g. an umlaut on a u) into a source file... > >> > >> Cheers, Graham > >> > >>> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >>>> Datum: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:19:15 +1000 > >>>> Von: Graham Norton <graha...@iprimus.com.au> > >>>> An: lilypond-user@gnu.org > >>>> Betreff: French acccents > >>> > >>>> Thanks for the comments. > >>>> > >>>> I am using the editor TeXShop with MacOSX, and so I cannot enter > >>>> French characters via the editor. > >>>> > >>>> I did not find 3.3.3 of the reference manual useful. How/where > >>>> does > >>>> one find the hex code for e' for instance? Googling > >>>> ISO/IEC did not shed any light on how to find the actual codes. > >>>> > >>>> Getting UTF-8 into TeXShop is not straightforward and Lilypond > >>>> accepts > >>>> e`, e' and c, (cedilla) in the lyrics, so this is what I will use, > >>>> and > >>>> just omit the circumflex. Singers should not have any difficulty > >>>> with > >>>> it. > >>>> > >>>> Graham > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> lilypond-user mailing list > >>>> lilypond-user@gnu.org > >>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla > >>> Firefox 3 - > >>> sicherer, schneller und einfacher! > http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser > > > > -- > > Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla > > Firefox 3 - > > sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- Neu: GMX Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user