Extended ASCII characters in LaTeX document

Question

I need to display a few extended ASCII characters and this is what I have coded so far.

\documentclass[a4paper , 12pt]{report}


\usepackage[mathletters]{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

\begin{document}
   $½·®½´»ò Í«°°±-» §±«$
\end{document}

The error message that I've got is

Package utf8x Error: Character189appearedalone.

This error message appears for each extended ASCII character between the two $ marks.

Could someone please help me out?

It is not necessary to use math mode. Non math mode suggestions will do as well.

Well, why would you want these characters in math mode in the first place? — doncherry, Mar 07 '12 at 12:01
i just tested them out in math mode to see whether it works, i do not need them in math mode. These characters appear along with other normal ascii characters — KiloWatt, Mar 07 '12 at 12:08

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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You should avoid using the ucs package as it hasn't been maintained for a long time - see the question utf8x vs. utf8 (inputenc). Instead you can use T1-encoded fonts and textcomp:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
   ½·®½´»ò Í«°°±-» §±«
\end{document}

(Don't forget to save the file encoded in UTF-8.)

If you want to keep your current file encoding, ANSI, you should pass the option ansinew instead of utf8 to inputenc. However, the plus-minus sign (±) doesn't seem to be considered in this encoding by default, so you have to take care of that yourself, like this:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
\DeclareTextSymbol{\textplusminus}{TS1}{'261}
\DeclareTextSymbolDefault{\textplusminus}{TS1}
\DeclareInputText{177}{\textplusminus}
\begin{document}
   ½·®½´»ò Í«°°±-» §±«
\end{document}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Mar 07 '12 at 12:20

diabonas

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nope it doesnt work, i get Package inputenc Error: keyboard character used is undefined. – KiloWatt Mar 07 '12 at 12:24
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@KiloWatt I suspect your file isn't encoded in UTF-8, but e.g. in ANSI - check the settings of your editor and re-encode the input file appropriately. – diabonas Mar 07 '12 at 12:30
isnt there another method, i find it difficult to convert all my tex files to utf-8 – KiloWatt Mar 07 '12 at 14:53
@KiloWatt What input encoding are you using at the moment? – diabonas Mar 07 '12 at 15:11
@KiloWatt BTW: The question How do I change the encoding of my files? might be helpful. – diabonas Mar 07 '12 at 15:18
i am using ansi, isnt there a method around this? Isnt there a special tag to insert these characters. They are all ascii so a ANSI file is be able to store them. – KiloWatt Mar 08 '12 at 08:02
@KiloWatt See my updated answer. – diabonas Mar 08 '12 at 11:02
nope it doesnt work either. It says use mathaccents for accents in math mode and when i removed the $ mark it gives missing $ inserted, What can i do now ? – KiloWatt Mar 08 '12 at 15:42
@KiloWatt It sounds as if you're now using the second solution (inputenc option ansinew) with an UTF-8 encoded file. Please recheck the encoding of your input file. – diabonas Mar 08 '12 at 22:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '16 at 07:48

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You should save the *.tex file in UTF8 (not in ANSI).

answered Aug 17 '16 at 07:48

JoKalliauer

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Extended ASCII characters in LaTeX document

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