These scripts replace some accentuated and other non-English characters in latex and bibtex files by their corresponding codes when it is not possible to use a suitable encoding.
Some journal latex templates enforce an encoding not suitable for non-English characters. In such cases, you can use codes (e.g. \'{e} for é), but it is tedius to type text using these codes. With these scripts, you may write with accents and other non-English characters in your .tex and .bib files and run the scripts on your files to replace letters with their corresponding code.
The following characters are implemented. Other characters may be added as needed.
| ' | ` | ^ | ¨ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aA | á | à | â | ä | |
| eE | é | è | ê | ë | |
| iI | í | ì | î | ï | |
| oO | ó | ò | ô | ö | |
| uU | ú | ù | û | ü | |
| yY | ý | ỳ | ŷ | ÿ | |
| cC | ç | ||||
| nN | ñ |
sh rac_tex.sh my_latex_file.tex
sh rac_bib.sh my_bibtex_file.bib
The scripts replace letters directly in the file. Then, you may compile your document as usual.