To: CyrTeX-en@vsu.ru, lcs@topo.math.u-psud.fr
Subject: re email-ru.tex
Message-Id: <E13Z967-00002u-00@topo.math.u-psud.fr>
From: Laurent Siebenmann <lcs@topo.math.u-psud.fr>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:44:55 +0200


Hello again! 

After some routine mopping up of glitches, I have
reposted "email-ru.tex".  This first version should
be serviceable though it is a safe bet it is not
yet perfect.

One of the reasons (=excuses!) for glitches is
TeX's inability to record information in any habitual
way while it is masticating (i.e performing the sort
of expansion done by \edef, \write, and
friends). Awkward! I restrict to that sort of action
in order to maintain the sort of speed one expects
of TeX.

Another is the need to handle arbitrary 7- and
8-bit text files -- so as to do something useful
with files that deviate slightly from one of the five
encodings I currently support. What I have done is
transcribe an unencoded octet as a five-octet
sequence !^^xy where  "XY is the hexadecimal code
for the octet.  Strict fidelity of transscription is
preserved.

           Cheers

                 Laurent Siebenmann