Copyright 2007 TeX Users Group. You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. ------------------------------------------------------------- Entering accented/special characters in system customization: ------------------------------------------------------------- To get an acute accent put a ' before the letter: 'e ‚ eacute To get a grave accent put a ` before the letter: `o • ograve To get a tilde accent put a ~ before the letter: ~n ¤ ntilde To get a dieresis accent put a " before the letter: "y ˜ ydieresis To get an `eszet' (German sharp s): "s á germandbls To get a circumflex accent put a ^ before the letter: ^u – ucircumflex To get a caron accent put a ^ before the letter: ^s scaron To get a ring accent out a * before the letter: *a † aring To get a cedilla put a * before the letter: *c ‡ cedilla To get `oslash' or `Oslash' put a \ before the letter \o › oslash To get `ae', `oe' put | before a, o |A ’ AE To get eth, Eth, thorn, Thorn put | before d, p |P è Thorn To get a left quote, use `` `` ` quoteleft To get a right quote, use '' '' ' quoteright To get one of the above prefix letters, double it up: ** * asterisk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: DOS code page 850 and 437 do not have oe and OE. DOS code page 850 and 437 do not have scaron and Scaron. DOS code page 437 does not have oslash and Oslash (cent and yen instead) DOS code page 437 does not have eth and Eth (boxes instead) DOS code page 437 does not have thorn and Thorn (tau and Phi instead)