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13 Feb
2003
13 Feb
'03
11:43 p.m.
Hans Hagen wrote:
you need a delimited def, so
\catcode`\<=\active \def<#1>{\startarabictext#1\stoparabictext}
or nicer:
\defineactivecharacter < {\quickanddirtyarabic}
\def\quickanddirtyarabic#1>{\startarabictext#1\stoparabictext}
Great! Everything will look so much nicer now. Best Idris