eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout) (03/07/91)
TeXhax@cs.washington.edu writes: >Does anyone have an idea what is happening here? >\@@ptpage ->\begingroup \catcode `\ =10 \let \-\@dischyph [..etc..] >\-->\discretionary {-}{}{} This is a sure sign: TeX is expanding something that is being \let ! This means that someone has switched on expansion the way it happens inside \edef, not the way it happens inside \csname \endcsname. The latter: \csname \@@ptpage \endcsname would have given an error message for the \bgingroup which is unexpandable, \edef\something{\@@pgpage ...} would display precisely the sort of output you show here. To take on the third kind of expansion: \iftrue \@@ptpage would just execute the \let, so you wouldn't get this mess. >A clue---this only goes wrong when INITeX has read these macros, and the >resulting format is used. When TeX \inputs them, they work fine. Sorry. This doesn't help me any further. Next clue please? >\@@ptpage ...hyph \let \'\@acci > \let \`\@accii \let \=\@accii... This is where TeX finally fell flat. >\@outputpage ...empty \@@ptpage > \else \ifx \@Next \@End \gdef... And this is where it (note that Knuth sometimes says 'he') stumbled. If you show me what's before the 'empty', it may be possible to find out what happens. Victor.