Re: scribes and scolars: ^^M

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 10:01 PM 8/24/00 +0200, Frans Goddijn wrote:

>On the second run, tex stops with a strange complaint, caused by a line in
>the .tuo file that has suddenly got some strange characters, displayed in
>the .tuo file as ^^M but otherwise invisible in the source file itself.

>\registerentrya{boektitel}{Scribes and Scholars.^^MA Guide to the
>Transmission of Greek and^^MLatin Literature.}

Now, say that you redefine: 

  \def\obeyedspace{\ifprocessingverbatim\hbox{ }\else\space\fi}

and set

  \setupregister[index][expansion=yes]

and define a command like: 

  \def\Index{\bgroup\ignorelines\doIndex}

  \def\doIndex#1{\index{#1}\egroup}

then you can say: 

  \startlines
  Why is Frans torturing ConTeXt so much\Index{torture 
  test}.
  \stoplines

Of course you can also decide to put the whole index entry on one line, 

Hans
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