Re: German umlaut and Mac-encoding

[Ulrich Hobelmann]

Jörg Eschenfelder wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a newbie on Emacs and want to try it. On my first steps I noticed that
> I cannot type german umlaute (e.g. äöü) and other special characters which
> are defined on my Apple iBook.
> I am using an Apple iBook with Mac OSX (10.3) and a german keyboard. What do
> I have to do to adapt Emacs (I choose the japanese version Apple regarded on
> ist site)? I want to type as usual and get the same characters as usual.
>
> Bye,
> Joerg Eschenfelder

Hi, I asked the exact same stuff a couple of days ago.
Please read above threads labelled "Special characters on Emacs/Mac?" 
and "Special Characters on Mac Emacs" before you ask more ;)

Especially the latter one might help you if you don't mind the font.