Otared Kavian wrote:
> On 26 mai 2006, at 12:10, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>   
>> Otared Kavian wrote:
>>     
>>> On 24 mai 2006, at 10:07, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> what do you get when you run that with \tracingall�
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> \tracingall�
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Testing... �
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and what does�
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> \show �
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> return? and what�
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Testing... �aaa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hans�
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Hi Hans,
>>>
>>> This file:
>>> %% eth-hans-1.tex
>>> \starttext
>>> what do you get when you run that with \tracingall
>>>
>>> Testing... �
>>>
>>> \catcode`�=\active \def�{^^F0}
>>> \tracingall
>>>
>>> Testing... �
>>>
>>> and what does
>>>
>>> %\show �
>>>
>>> return? and what
>>>
>>> Testing... �aaa
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
>>> \stoptext
>>> %% end eth-hans-1.tex
>>>
>>> typeset with XeConTeXt gives a PDF where again one has  
>>> "Testing...��"
>>> in the first occurence, and then "Testing... � 0", and the process
>>> takes some 41 seconds...
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>> If the above file is typeset with ConTeXt alone it stops with the
>>> error message:
>>>
>>> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
>>> <to be read again>
>>>                    ∞
>>> l.9 \catcode`√∞
>>>                =\active \def√∞{^^F0}
>>>       
>> so, it looks like the `<char><char> is not seen as a combination
>>
>> how did the complete test file look?  what does  the following say:
>>
>> \bgroup
>> \let\unicodechar\unicodenumber
>> \catcode`�=\active \def�{^^F0}
>> \egroup
>>     
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> Typesetting the following with XeConTeXt:
>
> %% eth-hans-2.tex
> \starttext
>
> Testing... ð
>
> \bgroup
> \let\unicodechar\unicodenumber
> \catcode`ð=\active \defð{^^F0}
> \egroup
>
> Testing... ð
> \stoptext
>
> gives what is intended, that is a PDF with twice "Testing... ð".
> However the above cannot be typeset with ConTeXt alone, since an  
> error is diagnosed saying
>
> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
>                     ∞
> l.11 \catcode`√∞
>                  =\active \def√∞{^^F0}
> ?
>
>   
i need a bit more info:

= the file eth-hans2.tex (zipped!)

= how you call it, yopu say that it works ok with xecontext, so what do 
you mean with 'context alone'

Hans

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