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From: iau@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (I.A.Utting)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: problem with Common TeX?
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Date: 21 Jan 88 09:51:39 GMT
References: <400@sering.cwi.nl>
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In article <400@sering.cwi.nl> denise@cwi.nl writes:
>We have Common TeX, Version 2.1, and it doesn't seem to work.
>input:
>	Hello, world
>	\bye
>log file output:
>	This is Common TeX, .....
>	**foo  
>	(./foo.tex
>	Runaway definition?
>	->
>	! Forbidden control sequence found while scanning definition of \blort.
[ etc. ]

I too have seen this. I guess that you're using the following sequence to
generate an "undump"ed version of TeX:
	% virtex
	This is Common TeX, .....
	**&plain \read 0 to \blort
	\blort=^\
Due (I suspect) to differences between the i/o characteristics of Pascal and
C, you should try:
	% virtex
	This is Common TeX, .....
	**&plain
	*\^
Where \^ is your quit character in both cases.

This has left me with a working Common TeX.
					Ian Utting.
					iau@ukc.uucp or iau@ukc.ac.uk