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Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues

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On Sun, 2023-08-27 at 10:16 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 26/08/2023 19:08, Haines Brown wrote:
> > \documentclass[12pt]{article} %
> > \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} %
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} %
> > \usepackage[greek,english]{babel} % to make Greek charactes
> > available
> 
> It seems, you are overestimating effect. You still need to provide 
> fontenc containing Greek characters. Unless you have real reasons to 
> avoid LuaTeX, I recommend you to use lualatex instead of pdflatex.
> 
> > \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2014}{\dash} % to get m-dash
> 
> Do you really need it? Even without explicit declaration there is no 
> issue with pdflatex and U+2014 character
> 
> \begin{document}
> Test—character.
> \end{document}
> 
> Not to mention
> 
>      Test---ligature.

> On the other hand in response to
> 
> \begin{document}
> Test\dash{}test.
> \end{document}
> 
> I get
> 
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.7 Test\dash
>               {}test.
> ?
> 
> There is \textemdash command however. So you \DeclareUnicodeCharacter
> is 
> incorrect and almost certainly unnecessary.

No need for any of it, just insert --- for an em dash and -- for an en
dash with numbers.

> > If I paste an upper case Omega % Ω
> > into a LaTeX file and run pdflatex on it I am told the character is
> > not
> > set up for LaTeX. \$ albatross tells me it is available in the
> > DejaVu
> > Sans font which I have installed.
> 
> It is sour, but in general even with LuaTeX engine you have to 
> explicitly specify particular font. In the specific case of "Ω", the 
> character is available in lmodern (default font used by LuaTeX).
> Unlike 
> browsers or office software, TeX engines do not try hard to find at 
> least some font that can be used as a fallback for particular
> character.
> 
> 
 Cheers!
-- 
A Kiwi in Australia,
doing my bit toward raising the national standard.

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LaTex Unicode entry issues Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2023-08-24 22:40 +0200
  Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues David <curmudgeon@telaman.net.au> - 2023-08-24 23:00 +0200
  Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-08-25 06:30 +0200
    Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-08-25 06:30 +0200
  Re: LaTeX Unicode entry issues Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-08-25 08:30 +0200
  Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 17:00 +0200
    Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues Charles Kroeger <mbone@gmx.co.uk> - 2023-08-26 09:10 +0200
      Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-08-26 13:20 +0200
    Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2023-08-26 14:20 +0200
      Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2023-08-26 14:30 +0200
      Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 05:20 +0200
        Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues David <curmudgeon@telaman.net.au> - 2023-08-27 05:30 +0200
          Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-08-28 04:20 +0200

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