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Arno Trautmann <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:04:24 +0100
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Joseph Wright wrote:
> Will Robertson wrote:
>  > Another random thought: since users "shouldn't" be defining new macros
>> within the body of their documents, I think LaTeX3 should have something
>> like the equivalent of
>>   \AtBeginDocument{\catcode`\#=12}
> 
> This of course would be a major break with LaTeX2e at the document
> level.  However, as everyone seems agreed that there is no real chance
> of compiling arbitrary LaTeX2e documents with a full LaTeX3 kernel, I'd
> say it is a design choice worth making.

But then I would say \catcode =12 to everything else, excluding only \
and maybe {} for grouping. Maybe even the meaning of % and \% could be
interchanged: % in normal Text and \% as comment?
Or is that too much changed?…

Cheers
Arno



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