On Apr 25, 2019, at 2:45 PM, John Rose <john.r.r...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Whether \LineTerminator also gobbles up following > horizontal space is a separate question. But if space > or tab can be escaped, then it's trivial to indicate > a space or tab that should not be gobbled by \LT. > You just escape it. And since LT is a 2D feature, > it is not wrong to consider allowing it to gobble > in 2 dimensions.
P.P.S. I skipped a step here. If treated *exactly* like the lexically significant characters " \ then LineTerminator should escape to *itself*. It's a second move to have it escape to something that provides control over program layout, by gobbling non-payload space used only to control format. Such a move is not forced, but it is very likely, given that "\n" is already an escape sequence for a newline, and LineTerminator also (I assume) is translated to a newline. Thus, \LineTerminator is (a) a candidate for escaping given its new status in MLSs, and (b) a further candidate for use in layout control, given pre-existing coverage by \n and common precedent in other languages.
