Re: bizarre bug in xml

["Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

On 11/21/20 11:04 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> To check whether a stretch or shrink value is set LMTX takes a look at 
> the next character (p, P, m or M) before it makes a decision, when you 
> have now a word after \hskip which start with one of these characters 
> (e.g. Materiam) you trigger the scanner which fails because it didn't 
> find a keyword. To avoid such problems always add \relax after the last 
> value of \hskip, this is even explained in one of the exercises in the 
> TeXbook.

Thank you Wolfgang, now it all makes sense. I will relax more and dust 
off my copy of the TeXbook. I used to read small chapters in the tramway 
on my way to the university, but with the lockdown, I didn't have this 
opportunity. Nah, just kidding, I haven't looked at it in a long time.

Thomas
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