mani@ocf.berkeley.edu (Mani Varadarajan) (07/12/90)
When I use sbTeX v.29 to TeX a file which has control
characters, such as the following line:
{\btam 2 a 2 [...]
I get the message,
!Text line contains invalid character.
l.21 ^^? (etc., etc.)
This file is processed fine on UNIX TeX. I need to control characters
as an intermediate step between an input file and output. Can
anyone tell me what's wrong? Does sbTeX30 fix this?
Please email to mani@sybase.com or post replies. Thanks.
Mani Varadarajan
mani@sybase.com
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------------------------------------------------------------------------mani@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (Mani Varadarajan) (07/12/90)
Hi, TeXperts, let me try this again. I believe the
last time I posted an article with the same title, I
didn't give enough information; unfortunately, I also
couldn't cancel the article.
I have done
\catcode`^^A=0
And the source file "tiru.tex" has lines looking like
this:
{\btam 2 a...}
(Don't worry about \btam; it's just a macro for a font.)
I hope the ^A's show up in the line of TeX above. Now,
even though i've catcoded ^A to 0, sbTeX29 gives me the
following error message:
This is TeX, Version 2.991(c)sb29 (no format preloaded)
(tiru.tex (tamilmax.tex)
! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.2 {{\btam ^^?
maa^^?...
?
Is this a bug? This file TeX's fine on UNIX C TeX v. 2.995.
Or do I need to do something? I'm working on a XT Turbo 8mhz
clone, and I haven't had the slightest problem with sbTeX
before.
Please email to mani@sybase.com or post a reply. Thanks!
Mani Varadarajan
mani@sybase.com
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Mani Varadarajan ``Without having any reason,
mani@ocf.berkeley.edu he just did it!'' -- Sathakopan
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