On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:37 AM, stefano franchi wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Stefano. Don't see how to do that, either. Scrivener does not 
>>> appear on the dropdown list. Perhaps there is something on the list that 
>>> would stand in for the Scrivener output? E.g., it probably wouldn't do the 
>>> job, but "plain text"?
>>
>> Scrivener does not appear because you haven't created it yet.
>>
>> 1. Go to: Tools>>Preferences>>FileHandling>>File Format
>>
>> 2. Click "New"
>>
>> 3. Type "Scrivener' (or whatever) in the filed labeled "Format"
>>
>> 4. Click "Apply"
>
> Thanks, Stefano. I was overlooking the file format window. Had some 
> difficulty getting them to save. When I finally did and tried importing a 
> latex document the weird characters were there again. I tried this several 
> times, making sure that the converter was properly set up and selected, and 
> starting fresh with a new compile/export from Scrivener and continued to get 
> the weird characters.
>
> Finally resorted to executing the command in the terminal.

That would work as well---just less conveniently so. Be sure you have
the -e UTF8 switch in the converter line (as per my previous post)

Cheers,

S.


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> Eric Weir
> Decatur, GA  USA
> eew...@bellsouth.net
>
> "Hatred destroys. Love heals."
>
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