! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:γ not set up for use with LaTeX.

[englianhu]

---
author:
  - name: ®γσ Lian Hu, ENG
    affiliation: Coursera/Scibrokes®
    address: >
      43300 Seri Kembangan
      Selangor, Malaysia.
    email: englianhu@gmail.com/englianhu@scibrokes.com
    url: https://github.com/scibrokes/owner
title:
  formatted: "A Capitalized Title: Something about a Package \\pkg{Rmodel}"
  # If you use tex in the formatted title, also supply version without
  plain:     "A Capitalized Title: Something about a Package foo"
  # For running headers, if needed
  short:     "\\pkg{Rmodel}: A Capitalized Title"
abstract: >
  The abstract of the article.
keywords:
  # at least one keyword must be supplied
  formatted: [keywords, not capitalized, "\\proglang{Java}"]
  plain:     [keywords, not capitalized, Java]
preamble: >
  \usepackage{amsmath}
output: rticles::jss_article

---

Below error prompted me when I knitted.

output file: Odds_Modelling_and_Testing_Inefficiency_of_Sports-Bookmakers.knit.md

- ! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:γ not set up for use with LaTeX.

- See the inputenc package documentation for explanation.
- Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

- l.40 \begin{document}

- Try running pandoc with --latex-engine=xelatex.
- pandoc: Error producing PDF from TeX source
- Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 43
- Execution halted

---

When I check the tex file and tried to look at the structure and the process of knit2pdf..

\documentclass[article]{jss}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
  \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}

\author{
®γσ Lian Hu, ENG\\Coursera/Scibrokes®
}
\title{A Capitalized Title: Something about a Package \pkg{foo}}
\Keywords{keywords, not capitalized, \proglang{Java}}

\Abstract{
The abstract of the article.
}

\Plainauthor{®γσ Lian Hu, ENG}
\Plaintitle{A Capitalized Title: Something about a Package foo}
\Shorttitle{\pkg{foo}: A Capitalized Title}
\Plainkeywords{keywords, not capitalized, Java}

[englianhu]

I found there has similar error and try to modify the tex file but the outcome doesn't appear the latin greek letters.

• Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:β not set up for use with LaTeX
• http://unicode-table.com/en/

[gcmicah]

Hi, I'm experiencing the same error. have you found a solution? can you please share?

[yihui]

The LaTeX engine xelatex is much friendlier than the default pdflatex when your document contains multibyte characters. I'd try

output:
  rticles::jss_article:
    latex_engine: xelatex

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