[XeTeX] problem with ~ in Mapping=velthuis-sanskrit

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Didn't we solve this with David's alternative suggestion of using \edef?

https://cikitsa.blogspot.com/2010/09/xelatex-velthuis-encoding-and-palatal.html


On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 at 03:46, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to add, 12% is definitely wrong because it does not end the
> number, the number ends at a non-number. If you type
> \catcode`\~=12%
> 3 sons
>
> you will get an error that 123 is not allowed here. You should end it
> either with a space or with a \relax.
>
> Zdeněk Wagner
> http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
> http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz
>
> čt 12. 11. 2020 v 11:36 odesílatel David Carlisle
> <d.p.carlisle at gmail.com> napsal:
> >
> >
> > >    \catcode`\~=12%
> >
> > changing catcodes in an environment looks wrong (the % after the 12 is
> definitely wrong)  if you change catcodes then the definition cannot work
> in the argument of any command (for the same reasons that \verb does not
> work in command arguments) . Leave ~ active but make it expand to the
> inactive one eg
> >
> > \edef~{\string~}%
> >
> >
>
>
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