From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs 'destroys' latex files Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:12:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1168965020.972207.75690@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169091637 30972 80.91.229.12 (18 Jan 2007 03:40:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 18 04:40:35 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H7O8d-00023n-9V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:40:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H7O8d-0002Nf-LT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:40:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:12:29 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U/v3bTTtM/y6PN4wxswUjQz8n7w= Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-Se05QXork0PtXMDFkRa6MsZVgUls0Xd1Lzai5RoRA0g2//XpcXmFvNx/r6zIajKqcQOs3gjpv7rcnuG!pTd/NIUtaqLD+uwaVuqSE2Kzw9Y6cerxLJITry//FsSRNp7QmdGTb3vmLEbaQepOTRy4FdIoDSTz!59Gbuu6B3L+FFfF0rw== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144801 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40405 Archived-At: > maybe this is a stuid newbe question, but since some time my > GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (on a debian machine) behaves in a way that it > displays greek letters or symbols as they do appear in a printed form. Sounds like X-Symbol. > I admit, that this looks quite pretty, but when saving one encounters a > big problem if there is anywhere a \renewcommand appearing. To explain > the problem, consider e.g. a setting > \renewcommand {\AA} {\mathbb A}. > When opening the file Emacs will replace *all* \AA in the file by a > character > that looks like an A with little o on its head (the standard latex > meaning of \AA). > When saving, this behaviour destroys entirely the intention of my > renewcommand! I don't understand the problem. When saving, the Å should be converted back to \AA. Oh wait, yes I think I see: the default config probably prevents this back-conversion for latin-1 chars. You should probably report this as a bug to X-Symbol maintainers. Stefan