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Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues

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On 26/08/2023 09:08, Haines Brown wrote:
> The question is: if my system has access to a character in that it can
> be pasted, why cannot LaTeX do so as well.

Because TeX dates from before Unicode was even being discussed, and does 
not use the libraries for handling Unicode that the other software in 
your system does.

That's not to say it has not been modified to add at least partial 
support for Unicode (utf8 is even the default encoding since a couple 
years), but it's not the same as something built from the start to 
handle Unicode.

On the other hand, luatex and xetex are evolutions of tex that have a 
much more modern and native Unicode support. Use them instead of pdf(la)tex.

-- 
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the double lock will keep;
May no brick through the window break,
And, no one rob me till I awake.

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br

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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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