[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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