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Article #11129Re: Strange behavior using \font
From: Peter Schmitt
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:30
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:30
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>>everything worked. Why is "mikea" valid and "mike1" not valid?
>>Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
>1) Numbers cannot be parts of control sequences. 2) the = is optional.
>So TeX interprets \font\mike1 to be equivalent to \font\mike=1,
>and cannot find the file 1.tfm.
>
>Tim Larkin
>tsl1@cornell.edu
That is true, but not the whole truth:
(1) numbers *can* be parts of controlsequences:
csname mark1endcsname
(2) the same holds for every non-letter (e.g., mark!)
Peter
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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.univie.ac.at!vm.univie.ac.at!A8131DAL From: A8131DAL@vm.univie.ac.at (Peter Schmitt) Subject: Re: Strange behavior using \font Message-ID: <1993Jan11.133607.15125@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at> Sender: news@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at (News System - Vienna University) Nntp-Posting-Host: helios.edvz.univie.ac.at Organization: University of Vienna Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:30:17 GMT Lines: 16