Re: "Umlaute" in \header

[Mats Bengtsson]

It's certainly no surprise that your "problems" started when you changed
from 2.4 to 2.6, since in version 2.4 you could only use latin1 encoding
(or plain ASCII), which means that LilyPond could only handle western
European text, whereas in verson 2.6 you can "only" use UTF-8 encoding,
which means that LilyPond can handle almost any language in the world.

Maybe you have some setting in your .emacs file that prevents the
multi-language support (MULE) to work correctly. For example, in my
.emacs, I had a setting
(setq-default enable-multibyte-characters nil)
which prevented MULE from working correctly. Uncommenting that
line solved the problem. An easy way to see if your .emacs is a problem
is to run Emacs using 'emacs -q myfile.ly'.
If you add the following lines to the end of your file, then Emacs will
automatically use the correct UTF-8 encoding:
%%% Local variables:
%%% coding: utf-8
%%% End:

  /Mats

Wolfgang Mechsner wrote:

> Indeed I use emacs in Linux. But it is very strange:
>
> 1. It worked always fine with Lilypond 2.4.6 and the following versions. Now I 
> have 2.6.4.3. and the problem started.
>
> 2. And: it does not work with jedit!
>
> I love Lilypond but each upgrade serves a new surprise :-)
>
> Thank you, 
> Wolfgang
>
> PS: Mats, sorry about this email to you without the list address!
>
> Am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2005 11:57 schrieb Mats Bengtsson:
>  
>
> > You haven't told us what operating system you use. However, if you
> > use Windows, I have experienced exactly the same problem with
> > saving UTF-8 from Emacs. It works in Linux, but I haven't tried
> > to investigate what the problem is in Windows. Maybe someone
> > else on the mailing list have been more successful with Emacs on
> > Windows?
> >
> > One nice alternative that should work on all platforms is to use
> > jedit, which has very convenient LilyPond support, see
> > http://web.interware.hu/fodber/lilytut/
> >
> > The simple solution I have used occasionally is to use notepad
> > to enter the Unicode and save as UTF-8.
> >
> >   /Mats
> >
> > Wolfgang Mechsner wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > If I run my emacs in utf-8 mode, it does not work either!
> > >
> > > ???
> > >
> > > Wolfgang
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Are you able to enter text as utf-8 (Unicode)?  That's all that should
> > > > be required; I have umlauted text in both headers and lyrics under
> > > > 2.6.4.
> > > >
> > > > Quoth Wolfgang Mechsner:
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > How can I get german Umlaute in \header!
> > > > > Lilypond Version 2.6.4.3
> > > > >          
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
> > >      
>
>  

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