From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_Hagmann?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: greek characters Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:47:15 +0200 Message-ID: <9df2e130f0e5b23c63f47a62f5c3bc1b@unibas.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115802631 32520 80.91.229.2 (11 May 2005 09:10:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 11 11:10:27 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DVnDp-0000Ox-8A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 11:09:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DVnMV-0005mJ-Q0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 05:18:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DVn3F-0004vS-4s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DVn3A-0004u6-Vx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:58:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DVmtc-0004Vg-0R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:48:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.152.1.51] (helo=balu1.urz.unibas.ch) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DVmyW-0005ha-QI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.152.79.98] ([131.152.79.98]) by balu1.urz.unibas.ch (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j4B8lFE8017610 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 10:47:16 +0200 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.1.8 X-SMTP-Vilter-Virus-Backend: savse X-SMTP-Vilter-Status: clean X-SMTP-Vilter-savse-Virus-Status: clean X-SMTP-Vilter-Unwanted-Backend: attachment X-SMTP-Vilter-attachment-Unwanted-Status: clean 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:26506 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26506 Dear list members, I have been using emacs for a few months but am still trying to find=20 out how to type greek letters (e.g.: a-ketoglutarate, the a should be=20 an alpha). I looked at the online manuals, but I don't understand what is written=20= there. I checked the archives, but simple things like this are probably not=20 discussed there. I bought "Learning GNU Emacs" from O'Reilly, but they only explain=20 obvious things that one could find out without the book. I tried changing "Options" but I have no idea where to begin and=20 nothing I tried worked. Could somebody explain in SIMPLE words what to do? There is a deadline=20= for handing in a TeX/ConTeXt document ... I'm running GNU emacs version 21 on Mac OS X, international keyboard,=20 english language; and on GNU/Linux with a British keyboard. I managed to get the accents (aigu, grave, umlauts etc.) by C-x C-m C-\=20= latin-1-prefix. The characters are displayed as empty boxes, but I can=20= live with that for the moment. (C-h h displays mostly empty boxes). Thank you for your help, J=F6rg=