[tex-live] tilde in file/folder names (again)

David Carlisle d.p.carlisle at gmail.com
Wed Oct 19 23:32:58 CEST 2016


actually before you do, let me check some of the tex expansion side,
was just trying now and \protected not working quite as I thought,
but it's late, someone else free to try

I'll report back later

but


\catcode`A=13

\protected\defA{x}

\input xAb


\bye

looks like it is expanding A anyway so perhaps I'm just wrong about
\protected, it happens:(

! I can't find file `xxb'.

On 19 October 2016 at 22:29, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> wrote:
>     \input{~/foo} then means foo.tex in the user's home directory is down
>     to kp.. you:-)
>
> Right.  That happens.  Let's do it.  I'll poke around with etex.src and
> regenerating formats when I have a chance.  Thanks!  -k


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