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From: drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: \\uppercase and \\i (dotless i)
Message-ID: <3624@intvax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 90 14:30:40 GMT
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Org. 1411, Albq, NM
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I am trying to title a chapter N\^{\i}mes in book
style. The title prints fine on the first page of the
chapter, but when used as a header on righthand pages
I have a problem when the chapter command applies
uppercase to the string. I have defined the uppercase
of \i to be I 
    \uccode'020=`I
but \uppercase does not expand its argument, and I'm at
a loss as what to do.

I can tell you some things that don't work. For example,
substituting \char'020 for \i (predictably ?) doesn't work.
Also, \expandafter\uppercase{N\^{\i}mes} is no better, nor
is using N\^\i mes in place of N\^{\i}mes any better.

Advice would be welcomed. Explanation would be nice, but
it obviously not as necessary.
David Strip
drstrip@cs.sandia.gov