On 21 May 2014 09:49, Taco Hoekwater <[email protected]> wrote: >
> One depressing problem with TeX is that every weird bit of tex.web gets > documented > and used and counted on :( Yes well I know that feeling: that's the way we think about macro programmers using the dark corners of latex.ltx. Things would be simpler if there were no users:-) > > Ok, so I’ll have to change luatex’s \endlinechar to accept invalid negative > values just to > be compatible with the other engines. Not a big deal, really. Thanks. > That change will stay. The general ‘tex’ rule is that multi-letter csnames > are followed > by a space when printed. The fact that \read is actually an exception to that > rule is just > a bit too bizarre to allow for. > OK thanks for the confirmation. David
