[tex-eplain] TeX--XeT

[terry.s at Safe-mail.net]

It worked for me, too.

-------- Original Message --------
From: Laurence.Finston at gmx.net
To: terry.s at Safe-mail.net
Subject: Aw: Re: [tex-eplain] TeX--XeT
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:28:42 +0200

> > Do I understand you correcty??? There can be only 1 at a time????
> 
> I thought it might be the case, but I just tested this and it is not:
> 
> This is TeX, Version 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=tex)
> 
> *\catcode`\|=0
> 
> *|def|A{abc}
> 
> *|show|A
> > \A=macro:
> ->abc.
> <*> |show|A
> 
> ?
> 
> *|show\A
> > \A=macro:
> ->abc.
> <*> |show\A
> 
> ?
> 
> *\show\A
> > \A=macro:
> ->abc.
> <*> \show\A
> 
> ?
> 
> *\end
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on texput.log.
> 
> --- and -- should probably not print as an em-dash and an en-dash, respectively, in a verbatim environment.  Using the typewriter font, cmtt10, they are printed as separate characters anyway, as I just found out by testing this.  This has to do with "ligatures" which are defined on a per-font basis.  This is also explained in _The TeXbook_.
> 
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2023 um 22:12 Uhr
> > Von: terry.s at Safe-mail.net
> > An: tex-eplain at tug.org
> > Betreff: Re: [tex-eplain] TeX--XeT