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Hallo Karsten, hallo Hans, hi all,

> > I see. In ConTeXt \ss is used to switch to sans serif. Use \SS instead.
> > Also, in de-mode, you can say things like "u and "s to get them fast. Less
> > portable, but useful when a language has so many "'s (in polish it's /z and
> > so).
> > Maybe \es would be a nice alternative? What do the germans on this list
> > think of it?
> \sz would be more appropriate, I would not think of \es but as a short
> cut for \turnonspanishtext.
I agree with Karsten. But: Is it really neccessary to add anything? \SS works,
and if you want to write more than this single letter, the German "s should be
sufficient.

> In fact, babel has \ss and \sz for ß, where \ss capitalizes SS, but \sz
> capitalizes SZ (which nearly everyone consider ridiculous except in
> special cases as MASSE vs. MASZE).
Try (using \de / \language[de(o)]) "s "S "z "Z in ConTeXt. the "s<->"S "z<->"Z
also works ok.

Tobias