[OS X TeX] Invisible character

[Jonathan Kew]

On 22 Jun 2006, at 7:15 pm, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
> Yes but, while I found where to insert
>
>    & "xxxxxx" & return
>
> in the macro to get
>
>    \begin{center}
>              xxxxxx
>              \begin{tabular}{@{} ccc @{}}
>              etc
>
> when I replace xxxxxx by \catcode`\•=\active \def•{} I get the  
> Applescript Error:
>
>    Expected """ but found unknown token.

Ah, this is AppleScript, isn't it; in quoted strings, backslash is  
special, so you need to double them (see the other strings in the  
macro). So the added text needs to read:

	& "\\catcode`\\•=\\active \\def•{} & return

And if you put it on a separate line, don't forget the line  
continuation character ¬, generated by Option-L (at least on a US  
English keyboard). Again, compare the surrounding text.

HTH,

JK


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