[XeTeX] Whitespace in input

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Tue Nov 15 18:22:03 CET 2011


On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> 
> On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Herbert Schulz wrote:
>> 
>>>> "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.
>> 
>>> What happens in a verbatim environment?
>> 
>> The verbatim environment sets up an environment within
>> which characters that have not yet been seen by TeX's
>> mouth receive category codes that potentially differ
>> from the category code that would normally be associated
>> with that character.  Once the category code has been
>> bound to a particular instance of that character, that
>> instance never changes its catcode.
>> 
>> ** Phil.
> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> So what you are saying is not that you can't control the catcode of a particular character but that you can't change it after it is set and in TeX's ``stomach.'' That I can agree with.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)


Howdy,

What I meant to say was...

So what you are saying is not that you can control the catcode of a particular character but that you can't change it after it is set and in TeX's ``stomach.'' That I can agree with.

(notice the can't control ---> can control)

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)






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