Hello: >Is the following a known limitation or a bug? And if it is a >limitation, where is it documented? > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage[latin3]{inputenc} > \begin{document} > \tableofcontents > \section{\'^^b9} > \end{document} I would say \'a is Plain TeX like, while \'{a} is more LaTeX like. The latter works fine, but perhaps the former should, too. A couple of braces somewhere (not sure where right now) should fix it. Javier