Editing Ogonek (section)

=== LaTeX2e ===
In [[LaTeX2e]], macro <code>\k</code> will typeset a letter with ogonek, if it is supported by the font encoding, e.g. <code>\k{a}</code> will typeset ''ą''. (The default LaTeX OT1 encoding does not support it, but the newer T1 one does. It may be enabled by saying <code>\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}</code> in the preamble.)

However, <code>\k{e}</code> rather places the diacritic "right-aligned" with the carrying ''e'' (ę), suitably for Polish, while <code>\textogonekcentered</code> horizontally ''centers'' the diacritic with respect to the carrier, suitably for Native American Languages as well as for [[#E caudata and o caudata|e caudata and o caudata]]. So <code>\textogonekcentered{e}</code> better fits the latter purposes. Actually, <code>\k{o}</code> (for ǫ) is defined to result in <code>\textogonekcentered{o}</code>, and <code>\k{O}</code> is defined to result in <code>\textogonekcentered{O}</code>.<ref>See t1enc.def in LaTeX2e distributions.</ref>

The package [[TIPA (software)|TIPA]], activated by using the command "<code>\usepackage{tipa}</code>", offers a different way: "<code>\textpolhook{a}</code>" will produce ''ą''.
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