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+The program "umlaut.com" substitutes the umlaute in a TeX-file
+ on a PC under MS-DOS
+
+according to the
+ german.sty Version
+or
+ American PlainTeX (or LaTeX) Version
+
+by making the following substitutions in the file:
+
+For the german style version:
+
+ „ (0x84) to "a
+ ” (0x94) to "o
+  (0x81) to "u
+ Ž (0x8E) to "A
+ ™ (0x99) to "O
+ š (0x9A) to "U
+ α (0xE1) to "s
+
+ Usage: umlaut g <filename> (with or without .tex)
+
+For the American PlainTeX (or LaTeX) Version:
+
+ „ (0x84) to \"a
+ ” (0x94) to \"o
+  (0x81) to \"u
+ Ž (0x8E) to \"A
+ ™ (0x99) to \"O
+ š (0x9A) to \"U
+ α (0xE1) to {\ss}
+
+ Usage: umlaut p <filename> (with or without .tex)
+or
+ reconverts a file with Umlaute
+
+according to the
+ german.sty Version
+or
+ American PlainTeX (or LaTeX) Version
+
+by making the following resubstitutions in the file:
+
+For the german style version:
+
+ "a to „ (0x84)
+ "o to ” (0x94)
+ "u to  (0x81)
+ "A to Ž (0x8E)
+ "O to ™ (0x99)
+ "U to š (0x9A)
+ "s to α (0xE1)
+ \3 to α (0xE1)
+
+ Usage: umlaut rg <filename> (with or without .tex)
+
+For the American PlainTeX (or LaTeX) Version:
+
+ \"a to „ (0x84)
+ \"o to ” (0x94)
+ \"u to  (0x81)
+ \"A to Ž (0x8E)
+ \"O to ™ (0x99)
+ \"U to š (0x9A)
+ {\ss} to α (0xE1)
+ \ss not followed by a letter to α (0xE1)
+
+ Usage: umlaut rp <filename> (with or without .tex)
+
+The programm also searches for the presence of other illegal
+characters (ASCII value greater than 0x7E), when substituting.
+
+During the substitution a temp file, 2 intermediate files,
+and a backup file with the same filename
+(and extensions .tmp, .~$~, and .~~x)
+are created, which are removed afterwards.
+
+Applications:
+
+1) Substitute the umlaute in a TeX file before mailing it by e-mail
+ or before TeX-compiling it.
+
+2) Transform a TeX-file using plain TeX umlaute to the German Style
+ version or vice versa by first resubstituting the umlaute and then
+ substituting them with the other style versions.
+
+We use this program automatically (called by a batch file) when
+TeX-compiling anything (plain with English and german with German texts).
+Especially the secretary is happy that she need not pay attention typing
+\"a or "a instead of „ ... when writing a German or English text.
+It has been used now in several preliminary versions for over 2 years.
+
+The program tries to be self-explaining: Just type "umlaut" and watch
+what is happening.
+
+
+Please report problems or comments to
+
+Robert W. Berger e-mail: rberger@math.uni-sb.de
+Fachbereich Mathematik
+Universit„t das Saarlandes
+Postfach 15 11 50
+D-66041 Saarbrcken
+
+May 20, 1994.