Hi everyone:
I need some help on accented letters.
I managed to convert a long, multi-file manuscript from its original
Framemaker format into LyX. However, I an now facing a problem with
accents. All the accented letters have been converted as LaTeX escape
sequences. For instance, é is \i \'{e} (in the LyX file) or \'{e} (in
LaTeX. This would not be a problem, since the file prints correctly,
except that the LyX display is completely screwed up. LyX puts the
accent about a line above where they should go and as a result the text
is barely readable (there are *many* accents in my text).
I am not really sure why LyX behaves this way, but I have seen this
behaviour in the pasty (and reported it here), so I am not surprised. I
am hunting for suggestions on how to get out of the pickle. I could do
a search and replace in an external editor and substitute all LaTeX
sequences with properly accented characters. However, since there is a
potentially large number of combinations and the manuscript is split
over several files, the operation would be very time-consuming and
potentially error prone. Unless I could find a program/editor allowing
me to do multiple replace over multiple files at once. I am not aware
or any such programs for Mac/Linux, though? Perhaps the more
technically oriented readers of this list know better?
Or perhaps there are other possible solutions I have not considered?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I am using LyX 1.4.3 on MacOs 10.3.9,
BTW.
Cheers,
Stefano
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Stefano Franchi
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