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) -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex