On 2004-07-05 09:56:03 +0100, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> \'^^b9 isn't a latex command
>
> \'{^^b9} is (and \section{\'{^^b9}} does what you would expect).
>
> since i don't have a current lamport to hand, i don't know whether
> this is documented as such.

I'm reasonably sure that Leslie does not mention ^^. And he shows
the accent commands only with braces.

Best regards
        Martin
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