TeX control sequences

Article View: comp.text

Article #1755

#1755

From: Brian T. Schellenberger
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 14:10

15 lines
1000 bytes

Well, if you wrote 500 macros without testing even one of them, you should
probably get into some field other than programming, because you probably
aren't cut out for it.

But you *can* make hyphens legal in control sequences; just say
\catcode`\-=11

TeX's flexibility is one of its great strengths.  Even things like "what is
a letter" (which is the same as "what is legal in a control sequence") are
fully controlable by the user.
-- 
-- Brian, the Man from Babble-on.		bts@unx.sas.com
-- (Brian Schellenberger)
"And when the votes were cast, the winner was . . .
 Mister James K. Polk, Napolean of the stump."        -- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1990Aug23.141040.11411@unx.sas.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!usc!ucsd!rutgers!mcnc!rti!mozart!bts

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!usc!ucsd!rutgers!mcnc!rti!mozart!bts
From: bts@unx.sas.com (Brian T. Schellenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: TeX control sequences
Message-ID: <1990Aug23.141040.11411@unx.sas.com>
Date: 23 Aug 90 14:10:40 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Lines: 15