Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!ifistg!ifi!raichle From: raichle@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Bernd Raichle) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: 8 bit in TeX3.0, how to do it with (gnu)emacs8? Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 90 15:35:35 GMT References: <1990Nov18.202942.1175@uni-paderborn.de> Sender: news@ifistg.uucp Organization: IfI, Univ. Stuttgart, W Germany Lines: 22 In-reply-to: massa@uni-paderborn.de's message of 18 Nov 90 20:29:42 GMT > \def'228{\"a} \def requires a `command sequence' or an `active char' as first argument, otherwise ==> error "! Missing control sequence inserted." (Victor: It's not an octal number, it's a simple quote, then 3 digits, etc. and TeX doesn't expect a number after the \def token) Try something like this: \catcode228\active \def^^e4{\"a} % hex e4 = dez 228 The "^^e4" is read as one character, which is active at this place. > I tried to use the 'normal' letters of emacs8, no success. I get > spaces instead of the codes. Get a newer version of web2c (or change the "(c > 127 || i < 0)" in the function zinputln(), file extra.c to "(c > 255 || i < 0)"). bernd raichle