Rmarkdown to pdf - ! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character ” (U+0094) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX.

[Gianni]

Hi,
I'm not able to use knit to pdf...
the error says
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character ” (U+0094)
(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX.

Try other LaTeX engines instead (e.g., xelatex) if you are using pdflatex. For R Markdown users, see 3.3 PDF document | R Markdown: The Definitive Guide
Errore: Failed to compile treepdf.tex. See The R package tinytex - Helper Functions to Manage TinyTeX, and Compile LaTeX Documents - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉 for debugging tips. See treepdf.log for more info.
Inoltre: Warning message:
In knitr::knit(knit_input, knit_output, envir = envir, quiet = quiet, :

and every time nothing works.. I tried to switch in global options but still doesnt work... some one can help me?

[jm_t]

Hi,

It means that you have a unicode character that latex cannot handle. I usually convert them to pure latex. For example \sigma instead of the sigma character.

I guess there could be way to let latex know and handle unicode character directly by adding some package in the template. Or to define the file encoding.

I am not litterate enough in Latex to give you better solution.

Regards,

jm

[Noora]

Try to install MikTex and install the package tinytex

[grosscol]

Try using the xelatex engine by specifying it in the top level YAML metadata of your Rmd document.

---
title: "Your Title here"
output:
  pdf_document:
    latex_engine: xelatex
---

[martin.R]

@Noora

Try to install MikTex and install the package tinytex

I think tinytex is meant as a lightweight alternative to MikTex, rather than an addition.