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- From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman)
- Subject: Why can't I make ^^A (ASCII 1) \active ???
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.161756.24056@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:17:56 GMT
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- I tried the following:
-
- \catcode`\^^A=\active
- \def\^A{testing}
- % ^-------------------This is really one char: ASCII 001
-
- But TeX complained: Missing control sequence inserted.
-
- What's going on? Is there really some inherent limitation in TeX, so
- I can't do this? I've done it before with ``real'' chars (such as <
- and >).
-
- Thanks in advance!
-
- -Joel
-