name ginpenc category Package shortdesc Modification of inputenc for German. longdesc If the inputenc is used and German umlauts are input directly, longdesc they are converted to the LICR representation \"a (etc.). This longdesc breaks the sort algorithm of makeindex, for instance. Ginpenc longdesc converts umlauts and the sharp-s to the short forms defined by the longdesc babel, e.g., "a instead, if the text is typeset in German. longdesc [description copied from TeX Catalogue]