Re: XeTeX encoding problem

[Gavin Smith]

On 26 March 2016 at 00:50, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
>     I really don't understand the code in \pdfgettoks in texinfo.tex.
>
> Not sure if this is still relevant, but it's not just about page
> numbers, is it?  I thought that crazy stuff was at least partly about
> handling brace characters that should show up literally in the pdf
> bookmarks.  I believe Han The Thanh (principal author of pdftex) and
> Hans Hagen wrote it many years ago, late 90s maybe.  I don't seem to
> have any old email that specifically talks about it, though.

Okay thanks, hadn't thought of that. I'll have another look at it.

> Sadly, svn
> blame reports "Skipping binary file: 'texinfo.tex'" (even though it's
> not a binary file), so can't glean information that way.  I thought that
> used to work.  Oh well.  Can keep delving if need be ...

svn blame --force does it, but it shouldn't be a binary file in the first place.