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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Subject: Re: Problem with TeX character codes
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:12:11 GMT
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phil@cs.mcgill.ca (Philip LOCONG) writes:

>In article <1991Feb7.175735.12642@csrd.uiuc.edu> eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout) writes:

>>knuutila@tucos.utu.fi (Timo Knuutila) writes:

[...]

>try emTeX, it has an option (TeX code page) just for this :-)

Great. Where do I get emTeX for the Amiga? The ST? The Mac?
No, rather for Unix, that covers 99% of all computers,
and 99.999% of all mentionable ones...

:-), of course.

But seriously, hardcoding the character codes is one of
the main drawbacks of TeX. Inaccessibility of kerning
and ligature programs is another.

Victor.