Re: \type ,\meaning eror check

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

luigi.scarso wrote:
> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> AFAIK, there is only one way to do this: write a new tex file on-
>> the-fly and run a separate texexec on that file (using \write18),
>> then parse the resulting log file for the occurence of any errors.
>> Not simple at all, I'm afraid.
>>
> hmm, i've hundred of \startArticle..

I'll consider the possibility of adding a new primitive to pdfetex
(the language) for the discovery of run-time errors like this. That
will not help you at this moment, though.

>>>   2. \type does not combine well with \meaning: ò (ie {\`o} ) is not 
>>> show.
>>
>>
>>   \expanded\type{\expandafter\scantokens\expandafter{\Temp}}%
>>
> good , but type also first \expandafter after \type

Sorry, the correct solution is:

  \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\type
  \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter
    {\expandafter\scantokens\expandafter{\Temp}}%

or, a bit shorter but needing \(un)protect:

  \@EA\@EA\@EA\type\@EA\@EA\@EA{\@EA\scantokens\@EA{\Temp}}%

My original post only \expanded the single token \type, not the whole
argument.

Cheers, Taco