Re: latex cannot typeset a german \SS
>It is strange because in the document "LaTeX2e for authors (11 june
>1997)" (usrguide.dvi.gz) in pages 19-20 (section 3.14 Text commands: >all encodings) I can read: "\SS: This command produces a German `SS', >that is a capital `beta'. This letter can hyphenate differently from >`SS', so is needed for entering all-caps German."
Strange statement; there actually is no uppercase \ss in german, because
\ss (which looks somewhat like a lowercase beta) is not really a
character of the german alphabet, but a ligature (supposedly of s and z,
there was a longer thread about the topic on comp.text.tex some time
ago). I must say, I didn't try \SS out, but if you want to type a word
which normally contains \ss in all-uppercase (or small caps), I suggest
you replace \ss by SS (not \SS); I'd say that's the default way to
handle it.
If you need further help, I recommend you to post the question in
comp.text.tex
HTH,
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