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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Philip Taylor wrote:<br>
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All fine here under Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit) — the initial
"E" does not mutate into an "H", and all proceeds normally.<br>
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It would seem that the behaviour is different if the offending input
is entered other than on the command line :<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">C:\Users\Philip Taylor_2>tex \relax<br>
This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded
format=tex)<br>
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*\s^^?E<br>
! Undefined control sequence.<br>
<*> \s<br>
^^?E<br>
? 1<br>
! Text line contains an invalid character.<br>
<*> \s^^?<br>
E<br>
? q<br>
OK, entering \batchmode<br>
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Additional <return> required to end process, but initial "E"
still does not mutate into an "H".<br>
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C:\Users\Philip Taylor_2>tex \relax<br>
This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded
format=tex)<br>
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*\s^^?E<br>
! Undefined control sequence.<br>
<*> \s<br>
^^?E<br>
? 1<br>
! Text line contains an invalid character.<br>
<*> \s^^?<br>
E<br>
? r<br>
OK, entering \nonstopmode...<br>
<*> \s^^?E<br>
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Different behaviour following 'r' to that reported by Enrico.<br>
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<i>Philip Taylor</i><br>
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