On Monday 17 March 2008 20:09:56 Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> Rudi Gaelzer writes:
> > Hi.
> > I'm importing a Latex file that has accented letters written in the old
> > encoding scheme (OT1) way: \'{a} \'{e} \'{\i} \c{c} \~{a}, etc.
> >
> > I want to import this file into LyX, make the necessary changes and then
> > export it back to Latex.
> >
> > The problem is that almost all accented letters are automatically
> > converted to the new encoding scheme (T1) (á é í ç ã, etc), but I'd like
> > to have them still written in the old way.
> >
> > What I tried to do is set the TeX encoding in Tools -> Preferences... ->
> > Outputs -> Latex to OT1 before importing the .tex file. When I export
> > the modified text back to Latex, the preamble has the following
> > instructions:
> >
> > \usepackage[OT1]{fontenc}
> > \usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
> >
> > as expected, but the accented letters in the text come out in the new
> > encoding, insted of the old, as I wished.
> >
> > Anyone knows of some workaround for this?
>
> In Document->Settings->Language uncheck "Use language's default encoding".
>
> This should enable the "Encoding:" combo box beneath.
>
> Using the combo, choose "ascii" as the encoding and then try exporting.
Right-o! That's it.
Thanks, Enrico.
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Rudi Gaelzer
Department of Physics
Institute of Physics and Mathematics
Federal University of Pelotas
BRAZIL
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