[Xy-pic] Re: XY and babel: an example

Samy Abbes sabbes at isr.umd.edu
Thu Jan 12 15:52:40 CET 2006


>>{\shortdhandoff{;:!?}%
>>    [some XY-pic code, that will not be disturbed any more]
>>}
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>>I could'nt figure out exactly what is doing the \shorthandoff command.
>>Anyway, a simple
>>\catcode`\!=11
>>    ...etc...
>>doesn't work.
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>That's because the default catcode for non-letters is 12, not 11 ...
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That's a good reason indeed !
Now
     \catcode`\!=12
    [the same for ';' ':' and '?' ]
makes everything work.




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