[nzlug] OT: Maori accents in LaTeX?

[Simon]

You've seen the LaTeX solution. In general, it is acceptable to use an
umlaut instead of a macron - common where the font doesn't support one -
and you can leave it off altogether where the context makes the meaning
clear (i.e. almost all the time).

For formal stuff, like what you have in mind, it is usually good
etiquette to include the macron. Though, there was a time (eg. when *I*
learnt Maori) when it was considered boorish or anal to *insist* on it.

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 10:36 +1300, Guy K. Kloss wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> was just compiling the proceedings for our institute's post graduate 
> conference, and on the title page I wanted to include the institute's name 
> also in its Maori representation, as it is done on the front page on the web 
> [1]. As a European immigrant I do not know how important these accents over 
> some vowels are, but they seem to be typeset all over the place.

> Any suggestions? Has anyone ever heard of or seen a suggestion for that? Or 
> pointers on where/how to search for it?