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Date:         Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:52:32 +0100
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From:         Jonathan Fine <jfine2358@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Using d<> and babel with option spanish
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My code was not production ready. I accept David's correction.

With David's correction, do the LaTeX experts here see any fundamental
reason why this would not work?

Jonathan

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:44 PM, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
> Jonathan Fine <jfine2358@GMAIL.COM> writes:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Early on, LaTeX sets basic character codes. Perhaps if, at the same
>> time, it also executed
>>
>>     \catcode`<13
>>     \expandafter\let\expandafter<\string <
>>
>> then Benedikt 's problem would go way. Or could more easily be solved.
>>
>> I don't see any fundamental reason why this would not work.
>
> I did not expect this suggestion from the author of ActiveTeX.
>
> ERROR: Missing = inserted for \ifnum.
>
> --- TeX said ---
> <to be read again>
>                    <
> l.3 \message{\ifnum2<
>                      3 good\else bad\fi}
> --- HELP ---
> From the .log file...
>
> I was expecting to see `<', `=', or `>'. Didn't.
>
>
> Were you thinking of
>
> \edef<{\string<}
>
> instead?
>
> --
> David Kastrup