[TxMt] Re: text accents in LaTeX

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Piero D'Ancona <pierodancona at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> when writing in languages using accents (e.g. italian)
> one frequently types \`e or \`o  (or \"u etc).
> The LaTeX bundle has the annoying habit of doubling
> the ticks or backticks (or the double quotes) even
> immediately following a backslash \  
> 
> This seems inappropriate; the sequences  \`'  and
> \""  have no use I presume. Is it possible to keep
> the doubling of ticks except when immediately
> following a backslash? I know I can disable the
> doubling completely, but I would like to keep it in
> other cases.
> 
> Thanks,
> Piero
> 
> 


Hi,

This does not answer your question but
why not use “\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}” and type
your accented characters directly ?