[texhax] unicode

[Philip TAYLOR]

Interesting -- I get the same in LaTeX but not in TeX;
looking at the log file, I see for TeX :

	 (f:/Layered products/Tex/Live/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)

which I don't see for LaTeX; maybe you need to have
a look at that file to try to work out what it does ...

** Phil.
--------
Alexander Grahn wrote:

> Thanks Phillip, for the hint.
> 
> I tried ^^@ as suggested on p. 45 of the TeXBook:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \newwrite\outfile
> \immediate\openout\outfile=out.txt
> \immediate\write\outfile{^^@}
> \immediate\closeout\outfile
> 
> \begin{document}
> \end{document}
> 
> But again, TeX complains:
> 
> ! Text line contains an invalid character.
> l.5 \immediate\write\outfile{^^@
>                                 }
> ? 
> 
> The same happens if I write
> ^^00 instead of ^^@
> (which, the TeXBook says, is the same)
> 
> :(
> 
> Alex
> 
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