[XeTeX] Whitespace in input

[Zdenek Wagner]

2011/11/15 Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>:
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> On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
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>> Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:20:17PM +0000, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>>>> No ! "A catcode is for life, not just for Christmas" !  Once a
>>>> character has been read, and bound into a character/catcode pair,
>>>> that catcode remains immutable.
>>>
>>>   Do you mean that as a general good practice in TeX programming, or as
>>> a description of how TeX works?  The latter is obviously wrong.
>>
>> "The latter" is what the TeXbok says (P.~39) : "Once a category code
>> has been attached to a character token, the attachment is permanent."
>>
>> ** Phil.
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>
> Howdy,
>
> What happens in a verbatim environment?
>
It will have to be redefined, there will just be additional special
characters that will have to be handled. \XeTeXrevision will give you
information whether extended \catcode is implemented.

> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
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