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    <p>In <text class="ltx_TeX_logo" cssstyle="letter-spacing:-0.2em; margin-right:0.2em">T<text cssstyle="font-variant:small-caps;font-size:120%;" yoffset="-0.2ex">e</text>X</text>, control sequences are stored <emph font="italic">without</emph> the slash,
but active characters have a bit set to make them distinct.</p>
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    <p>Macro: Snore, as a macro.</p>
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    <p>Char: Snore as an active character.</p>
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    <p>The backslash is actually the character <verbatim font="typewriter">\escapechar</verbatim>, usually <verbatim font="typewriter">\</verbatim> or none if negative.
That backslash is recognized in the Mouth when reading Tokens but removed from
the internal form of control sequence. It is added back by <verbatim font="typewriter">\string</verbatim>.</p>
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  <para xml:id="p5">
    <p>If LaTeXML wants to keep the backslash internally, at least it has to make these work:</p>
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    <p>Disabled backslash gives Foo/Bar : Foo/Bar.</p>
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    <p>Normal backslash gives A Foo/A Bar: A Foo/A Bar.</p>
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