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From: krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup)
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Subject: Re: can't get \ in a \special
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Date: 16 Mar 91 14:46:28 GMT
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In-reply-to: jaffe@hoss.unl.edu's message of 15 Mar 91 21:14:18 GMT

>>>>> On 15 Mar 91 21:14:18 GMT, jaffe@hoss.unl.edu (David Jaffe) said:

|> How do I get a backslash to be outputted as part of a special?  The only
|> thing I can come up with is to change catcodes before the special, which
|> is not an entirely satisfactory solution.  I want the string (f\(x\)) to
|> be outputted, which postscript will subsequently convert into the string
|> f(x).

|> \special{   ...     (f\(x\))    ...   }

|> obviously won't work.

No... you must use the \string command; like:

\special{   ...     (f\string\( x\string\) )    ...   }

read in the TeX book pages 40, 213-214, 215.

|> David Jaffe (jaffe@hoss.unl.edu)
|> University of Nebraska -- Lincoln

/Kresten
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