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+The newunicodechar lets you define more friendly the meaning
+of Unicode characters; it requires that the document is
+processed by (pdf)LaTeX with \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+or by XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX: it provides the syntax
+
+\newunicodechar{<char>}{<code>}
+
+where <char> is some (directly typed in) Unicode character
+and <code> is what we need to be substituted to <char>.
+
+This is version 1.0 of the package
+
+Copyright (C) 2011 by Enrico Gregorio
+<Enrico dot Gregorio at univr dot it>
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
+conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
+later version. The latest version of this license is in
+ http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions
+of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+
+This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'.
+
+The Current Maintainer of this work is Enrico Gregorio.
+
+This work consists of the files
+ newunicodechar.dtx
+ newunicodechar.ins
+and the derived file newunicodechar.sty.
+
+To install the distribution:
+
+o run "latex newunicodechar.ins"
+o move "newunicodechar.sty" to locations where LaTeX will find
+ it (the FAQ on CTAN in /help/uktug-FAQ gives more
+ information about this magic place
+
+To produce the documentation in pdf format:
+
+o run "pdflatex newunicodechar.dtx"
+o run "makeindex -s gind.ist newunicodechar"
+o run "makeindex -s gglo.ist -o newunicodechar.gls newunicodechar.glo"
+o run "pdflatex newunicodechar.dtx"
+
+2011/02/18
+Enrico Gregorio
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+% \iffalse meta-comment
+%
+% Copyright (C) 2011 by Enrico Gregorio
+% <Enrico dot Gregorio at univr dot it>
+% -------------------------------------------------------
+%
+% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
+% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+% version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
+% later version. The latest version of this license is in
+% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions
+% of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+%
+% This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'.
+%
+% The Current Maintainer of this work is Enrico Gregorio.
+%
+% This work consists of the files
+% newunicodechar.dtx
+% newunicodechar.ins
+% and the derived file newunicodechar.sty.
+%
+% \fi
+%
+% \iffalse
+%<*driver>
+\ProvidesFile{newunicodechar.dtx}
+%</driver>
+%<package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2008/04/05]
+%<package>\ProvidesPackage{newunicodechar}
+%<*package>
+ [2011/02/18 v1.0 Defining Unicode characters]
+%</package>
+%
+%<*driver>
+\documentclass{ltxdoc}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage{metalogo,booktabs,lmodern,textcomp,wasysym}
+\EnableCrossrefs
+\CodelineIndex
+\RecordChanges
+\begin{document}
+ \DocInput{newunicodechar.dtx}
+ \PrintChanges
+ \PrintIndex
+\end{document}
+%</driver>
+% \fi
+%
+% \CheckSum{193}
+%
+% \CharacterTable
+% {Upper-case \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z
+% Lower-case \a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j\k\l\m\n\o\p\q\r\s\t\u\v\w\x\y\z
+% Digits \0\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9
+% Exclamation \! Double quote \" Hash (number) \#
+% Dollar \$ Percent \% Ampersand \&
+% Acute accent \' Left paren \( Right paren \)
+% Asterisk \* Plus \+ Comma \,
+% Minus \- Point \. Solidus \/
+% Colon \: Semicolon \; Less than \<
+% Equals \= Greater than \> Question mark \?
+% Commercial at \@ Left bracket \[ Backslash \\
+% Right bracket \] Circumflex \^ Underscore \_
+% Grave accent \` Left brace \{ Vertical bar \|
+% Right brace \} Tilde \~}
+%
+%
+% \changes{v1.0}{2011/02/15}{Initial version}
+%
+% \GetFileInfo{newunicodechar.dtx}
+%
+% \DoNotIndex{\newcommand,\newenvironment,\!,\@empty,\@gobble,\@gobbletwo}
+% \DoNotIndex{\@ifpackageloaded,\@ifpackagewith,\@ifundefined,\@namedef}
+% \DoNotIndex{\@nil,\@onlypreamble,\@tempa,\@tempb,\@tempswafalse,\def}
+% \DoNotIndex{\@tempswatrue,\^,\-,\active,\begingroup,\catcode,\@car,\@cdr}
+% \DoNotIndex{\edef,\else,\endgroup,\endinput,\expandafter,\fi,\if}
+% \DoNotIndex{\if@tempswa,\ifcase,\ifnum,\ifx,\lccode,\let,\lowercase}
+% \DoNotIndex{\MessageBreak,\next,\number,\numexpr,\or,\PackageError}
+% \DoNotIndex{\PackageWarning,\PackageWarningNoLine,\strip@prefix,\@@end}
+% \DoNotIndex{\relax,\space,\string,\DeclareOption,\ProcessOptions}
+% \DoNotIndex{\meaning,\ifdefined,\csname,\chardef,\endcsname,\protect}
+%
+% \title{The \textsf{newunicodechar} package\thanks{This document
+% corresponds to \textsf{newunicodechar}~\fileversion, dated \filedate.}}
+% \author{Enrico Gregorio \\ \texttt{Enrico dot Gregorio at univr dot it}}
+%
+% \maketitle
+%
+% \section{Introduction}
+%
+% When using Unicode input with \LaTeX{} it's not so uncommon to get an
+% incomprehensible error message such as
+%\begin{verbatim}
+%Unicode char \u8:xxx not set up for use with LaTeX
+%\end{verbatim}
+% where |xxx| may be the actual character we input or a combination of
+% strange characters. This happens because the \texttt{utf8} option
+% given to \textsf{inputenc} defines the \LaTeX{} meaning of many
+% Unicode characters, but, of course, not all of them.
+%
+% For example, one might want to write some Latin words with prosodic
+% marks, i.e., the diacritics that tell whether a vowel is long or
+% short, in order to distinguish between `p\u{o}p\u{u}lus' (people)
+% and `p\=op\u{u}lus' (poplar), but using the actual Unicode
+% characters that make the \LaTeX{} document easier to read; look at
+% the following table, where on the left the input is via the \LaTeX{}
+% Internal Character Representation (LICR) and on the right it's via
+% Unicode characters,
+% \begin{center}
+% \begin{tabular}{cc}
+% \toprule
+% LICR & Unicode \\
+% \midrule
+% \verb|p\u{o}p\u{u}lus| & \texttt{p\u{o}p\u{u}lus}\\
+% \verb|p\={o}p\u{u}lus| & \texttt{p\={o}p\u{u}lus}\\
+% \bottomrule
+% \end{tabular}
+% \end{center}
+% and judge by yourselves which one is better. Unfortunately, the
+% \texttt{utf8} option to \textsf{inputenc} doesn't define a meaning
+% for \texttt{\u{o}}, \texttt{\={o}}, and \texttt{\u{u}}. As a matter
+% of fact, only \texttt{\u{a}} and \texttt{\u{A}} are defined, as they
+% are used in the Romanian language.
+%
+% One might resort to |\DeclareUnicodeCharacter| in the document's
+% preamble, but this requires looking up at the (long) list of Unicode
+% characters and jotting down the relevant numbers. For example,
+% \texttt{\u{o}} is \texttt{U+014F}, so the declaration
+%\begin{verbatim}
+%\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{014F}{\u{o}}
+%\end{verbatim}
+% would do for \texttt{\u{o}}.
+%
+% The present package introduces a simpler interface that frees the
+% user from the burden to look up in the tables: all it's needed is
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{o}}|}{\u{o}}|
+% \end{flushleft}
+% You are not restricted to definition like this: for example,
+% \eighthnote{}~is Unicode \texttt{U+266A}, but you are not required
+% to know it: if your editor can insert the character~\eighthnote, you
+% may define its meaning by loading a package that provides it and say
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |\usepackage{wasysym}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\eighthnote|}{\eighthnote}|
+% \end{flushleft}
+%
+% A similar problem may arise even with \XeLaTeX{}. A frequently asked
+% question on mailing lists or discussion groups is how to print some
+% particular character in a different font than the main one of the
+% document, say, for example, the Euro sign which, in some fonts, is
+% horrible. The usual answer is to write something like
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |\newfontfamily{\eurofont}{|\meta{some font}|}|\\
+% |\catcode`|\texttt{\texteuro}|=\active|\\
+% |\protected\def |\texttt{\texteuro}|{{\eurofont\char`\|^^A
+% \texttt{\texteuro}|}}|
+% \end{flushleft}
+% which, for the average user, is somewhat scaring. With
+% \textsf{newunicodechar} this may be simplified into
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |\newfontfamily{\eurofont}{|\meta{some font}|}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\texteuro}|}{{\eurofont\texteuro}}|
+% \end{flushleft}
+%
+% \section{Usage}
+%
+% The package requires the use of a Unicode engine, i.e., \XeLaTeX{}
+% or \LuaLaTeX{}, or, with (pdf)\LaTeX{}, the \textsf{inputenc}
+% package along with the \texttt{utf8} option. It won't work with the
+% \texttt{utf8x} option that employs a completely different mechanism
+% for parsing Unicode characters in (pdf)\LaTeX{}. It should be said
+% that \texttt{utf8x} defines many more characters than \texttt{utf8},
+% so that the present package wouldn't be needed.
+%
+% Of course the \LaTeX{} document must be written using a Unicode
+% savvy editor.
+%
+% \bigskip
+%
+% The package has only one option, \texttt{verbose}^^A
+% \marginpar{\raggedleft\texttt{verbose}}^^A
+% \index{verbose=\texttt{verbose} option|usage}, which is off by
+% default. If the package is called by
+% |\usepackage[verbose]{newunicodechar}|, then the informative message
+% on the log file will show the old definition along with the warning
+% about the redefinition. Unfortunately this definition usually has a
+% rather cryptic format; for example, redefining \texttt{\u{a}} would
+% print
+%\begin{verbatim}
+%Redefining Unicode character; it meant
+%*** \IeC {\u a} ***
+%before your redefinition on input line 22.
+%\end{verbatim}
+% Call the package with this option if you are worried about what you
+% are redefining, but the meaning of the Unicode character should
+% correspond easily to just one LICR entry. This option does nothing
+% when a Unicode engine is used, because no character is active
+% initially (except for~|~|), so there should be non risk to redefine
+% anything.
+%
+% \DescribeMacro{\newunicodechar}
+% The package provides only one command, |\newunicodechar|, which must
+% be called with two arguments:
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |\newunicodechar{|\meta{char}|}{|\meta{code}|}|
+% \end{flushleft}
+% where \meta{char} is the Unicode character to which we need to give
+% a meaning and \meta{code} is that meaning, that is the \LaTeX{} code
+% that will be substituted to the character. Here is what's needed for
+% the prosodic marks in Latin:
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |%\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{A}}|}{\u{A}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{a}}|}{\u{a}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{E}}|}{\u{E}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{e}}|}{\u{e}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{I}}|}{\u{I}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{\i}}|}{\u{\i}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{O}}|}{\u{O}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{o}}|}{\u{o}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{U}}|}{\u{U}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\u{u}}|}{\u{u}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={A}}|}{\={A}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={a}}|}{\={a}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={E}}|}{\={E}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={e}}|}{\={e}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={I}}|}{\={I}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={\i}}|}{\={\i}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={O}}|}{\={O}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={o}}|}{\={o}}|\\
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={U}}|}{\={U}}|
+% |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={u}}|}{\={u}}|
+% \end{flushleft}
+% The first line is commented out, because those characters are
+% already defined. It doesn't hurt to give again a definition,
+% \LaTeX{} will just warn about it.
+%
+% Caution: when used with \XeLaTeX{} or \LuaLaTeX{}, there will be no
+% warning, but the standard setup doesn't define any active character.
+%
+% The first argument \emph{must} consist of a single Unicode
+% character, but the package checks for it and raises an error
+% otherwise; it will raise an error also if the first argument
+% consists of a plain ASCII character: defining them is not allowed in
+% (pdf)\LaTeX{} and would break almost everything in \XeLaTeX{} or
+% \LuaLaTeX{}.
+%
+% \section{An easier way?}
+%
+% One could dispense with this package, since the same effect may be
+% obtained in the way we have already seen in \XeLaTeX{} or \LuaLaTeX{};
+% with (pdf)\LaTeX{}, calling |\newunicodechar{|\texttt{\={u}}|}{\={u}}|
+% is equivalent to say
+% \begin{flushleft}
+% |\makeatletter|\\
+% |\@namedef{u8:\detokenize{|\texttt{\={u}}|}}{\={u}}|\\
+% |\makeatother|
+% \end{flushleft}
+%
+% \StopEventually{}
+%
+% \section{Implementation}
+%
+% The usual presentation, that we repeat here for completeness.
+%\begin{verbatim}
+%\ProvidesFile{newunicodechar.dtx}
+%\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2008/04/05]
+%\ProvidesPackage{newunicodechar}
+%\end{verbatim}
+% The date for the format has been chosen to match the last version of
+% the \texttt{utf8enc.dfu} file that provides definitions for Unicode
+% characters.
+%
+% Now the real macros. First of all we check that the typesetting
+% engine is sufficiently recent to include $\varepsilon$-\TeX{}
+% extensions.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\@ifundefined{eTeXversion}
+ {\PackageError{newunicodechar}{LaTeX engine too old, aborting}
+ {Please upgrade your TeX system}\@@end}{}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \subsection{Options}
+% There's only one option.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\DeclareOption{verbose}{\let\nuc@verbose=T}
+\ProcessOptions\relax
+% \end{macrocode}
+% \subsection{Error messages}
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\def\nuc@onebyteerr{\PackageError{newunicodechar}
+ {ASCII character requested}
+ {Only characters above U+007F may be defined; you asked
+ for\MessageBreak a plain ASCII character and your definition
+ has been ignored.}}
+\def\nuc@emptyargerr{\PackageError{newunicodechar}
+ {Empty argument}
+ {You shouldn't write \protect\newunicodechar{}{...}}}
+\def\nuc@invalidargerr{\PackageError{newunicodechar}
+ {Invalid argument}
+ {The first argument to \protect\newunicodechar\space is
+ either\MessageBreak too long or an invalid sequence of bytes}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \subsection{Unicode engines}
+% In case we are running a Unicode engine (\texttt{xelatex} or
+% \texttt{lualatex}), the definition of the main macro is easier: we
+% check whether the character is above $127$ and, in this case, we
+% make it active expanding to the second argument. This definition of
+% the main macro will be seen only if the engine has the |^^^^|
+% convention for inputting characters in hexadecimal format, so that
+% |^^^^0021| is one token and |\@gobble| will eat it up, making
+% |\next| equal to |\@empty|; with an eight bit engine (\texttt{latex}
+% or \texttt{pdflatex}), |\@gobble| will swallow only |^^^|.
+%
+% In this case we define the main macro all in one swoop; first we
+% check that the first argument is nonempty, then we act only if it
+% consists of only one (character) token. Then if the charcode of this
+% token is less than $127$ we emit an error message; otherwise we
+% activate the character and define its (protected) expansion to be
+% the second argument. The last action, in this case, is to allow
+% |\newunicodechar| only in the preamble. Then we do |\endinput|. If
+% the engine is not Unicode savvy, everything up to the closing |\fi|
+% is swallowed up.
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\newunicodechar}
+% Here is the code for defining the Unicode engine version of the main
+% macro. Notice that we try being on the safe side by not assuming any
+% particular category code for~|~|, because we restore it after giving
+% the definition where we need it to be active.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\begingroup
+\catcode`\^=7 \catcode30=12 \catcode`\!=12 % for safety
+\edef\next{\@gobble^^^^0021}
+\expandafter\endgroup
+\ifx\next\@empty % Start of code for Unicode engines
+\chardef\nuc@atcode=\catcode`\~
+\catcode`\~=\active
+\def\newunicodechar#1#2{%
+ \if\relax\detokenize{#1}\relax
+ \nuc@emptyargerr
+ \else
+ \if\relax\detokenize\expandafter{\@cdr#1\@nil}\relax
+ \ifnum`#1>\string"7F
+ \catcode`#1=\active
+ \begingroup\lccode`\~=`#1
+ \lowercase{\endgroup\protected\def~}{#2}%
+ \else
+ \nuc@onebyteerr
+ \fi
+ \else
+ \nuc@invalidargerr
+ \fi
+ \fi}
+\catcode`\~=\nuc@atcode
+\@onlypreamble\newunicodechar
+\expandafter\endinput
+\fi % End of code for Unicode engines
+% \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \subsection{Eight bit engines}
+% From now on we can assume an eight bit engine is used; we check that
+% inputenc has been loaded with the right option, otherwise we define
+% |\newunicodechar| to swallow its arguments, after a warning.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\def\nuc@stop{\PackageWarningNoLine{newunicodechar}
+ {This package won't work without loading\MessageBreak
+ `inputenc' with the `utf8' option}%
+ \let\newunicodechar\@gobbletwo\endinput}
+
+\@ifpackageloaded{inputenc}{}{\nuc@stop}
+\@ifpackagewith{inputenc}{utf8}{}{\nuc@stop}
+\@ifpackagewith{inputenc}{utf8x}{\nuc@stop}{}
+% \end{macrocode}
+% \begin{macro}{\newunicodechar}
+% The main macro. We set the temporary switch to false and put in
+% |\@tempa| the first argument, but detokenized, since it consists of
+% active characters. We check that it's not empty and access to its
+% first token that we put into \@tempb. Then we call |\nuc@check| and
+% if it sets the temporary switch to true, we execute the definition,
+% since the first argument is a valid UTF-8 character, but we issue a
+% warning if it already has a meaning. All we need to do is to define
+% the macro |\csname u8:\@tempa\endcsname|, because that's how
+% inputenc acts. The part between |\ifdefined| and the corresponding
+% |\fi| will be executed only with the \texttt{verbose} option.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\def\newunicodechar#1#2{%
+ \@tempswafalse
+ \edef\@tempa{\detokenize{#1}}%
+ \if\relax\@tempa\relax
+ \nuc@emptyargerr
+ \else
+ \edef\@tempb{\expandafter\@car\@tempa\@nil}%
+ \nuc@check
+ \if@tempswa
+ \@ifundefined{u8:\@tempa}{}
+ {\PackageWarning{newunicodechar}
+ {Redefining Unicode character\ifdefined\nuc@verbose;
+ it meant\MessageBreak
+ ***\space\space\nuc@meaning\space\space***\MessageBreak
+ before your redefinition\fi}}%
+ \@namedef{u8:\@tempa}{#2}%
+ \fi
+ \fi
+}
+% \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+% The first helper macro computes the number of bytes in the first
+% argument, though it appears to the user as a single character. The
+% third is used for the \texttt{verbose} option.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\def\nuc@getlength#1{%
+ \ifx#1\@nil
+ \expandafter\relax
+ \else
+ +1\expandafter\nuc@getlength
+ \fi}
+\ifdefined\nuc@verbose
+ \def\nuc@meaning{\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter
+ \strip@prefix\expandafter\meaning\csname u8:\@tempa\endcsname}
+\fi
+% \end{macrocode}
+% We select the action based on the length of the first argument; in
+% case only one byte appears, the user is trying to define an ASCII
+% character, which is not allowed; if the input is two, three, or four
+% bytes long, we check whether the first byte has the correct form:
+% its binary form must be, respectively, \texttt{110xxxxx},
+% \texttt{1110xxxx}, or \texttt{11110xxx}, so not less than $192$,
+% $224$, or $240$. The macro |\nuc@ch@ck| does precisely this, issuing
+% an error message if the argument is invalid or else setting the
+% temporary switch to true.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\def\nuc@check{%
+ \ifcase\numexpr0\expandafter\nuc@getlength\@tempa\@nil
+ \or %0
+ \nuc@onebyteerr\or %1
+ \nuc@ch@ck{192}\or %2
+ \nuc@ch@ck{224}\or %3
+ \nuc@ch@ck{240}\else %4
+ \nuc@invalidargerr
+ \fi}
+\def\nuc@ch@ck#1{%
+ \expandafter\ifnum\expandafter`\@tempb<#1\relax
+ \nuc@invalidargerr
+ \else
+ \@tempswatrue
+ \fi
+}
+% \end{macrocode}
+% Finally we disallow |\newunicodechar| outside the preamble.
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\@onlypreamble\newunicodechar
+% \end{macrocode}
+% \Finale
+\endinput
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+% Copyright (C) 2011 by Enrico Gregorio
+% <Enrico dot Gregorio at univr dot it>
+% -------------------------------------------------------
+%
+% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
+% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+% version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
+% later version. The latest version of this license is in
+% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions
+% of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+%
+% This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'.
+%
+% The Current Maintainer of this work is Enrico Gregorio.
+%
+% This work consists of the files
+% newunicodechar.dtx
+% newunicodechar.ins
+% and the derived file newunicodechar.sty.
+
+\input docstrip.tex
+\keepsilent
+
+\usedir{tex/latex/newunicodechar}
+
+\preamble
+
+This is a generated file.
+
+Copyright (C) 2011 by Enrico Gregorio
+<Enrico dot Gregorio at univr dot it>
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
+conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
+later version. The latest version of this license is in
+ http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions
+of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+
+This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'.
+
+The Current Maintainer of this work is Enrico Gregorio.
+
+This work consists of the files
+ newunicodechar.dtx
+ newunicodechar.ins
+and the derived file newunicodechar.sty.
+
+\endpreamble
+
+\generate{\file{newunicodechar.sty}{\from{newunicodechar.dtx}{package}}}
+
+\obeyspaces
+\Msg{*************************************************************}
+\Msg{* *}
+\Msg{* To finish the installation you have to move the following *}
+\Msg{* file into a directory searched by TeX: *}
+\Msg{* *}
+\Msg{* newunicodechar.sty *}
+\Msg{* *}
+\Msg{* To produce the documentation run the file *}
+\Msg{* newunicodechar.dtx through LaTeX. *}
+\Msg{* *}
+\Msg{* Happy TeXing! *}
+\Msg{* *}
+\Msg{*************************************************************}
+
+\endbatchfile
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newunicodechar/newunicodechar.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newunicodechar/newunicodechar.sty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5bd3520055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newunicodechar/newunicodechar.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+%%
+%% This is file `newunicodechar.sty',
+%% generated with the docstrip utility.
+%%
+%% The original source files were:
+%%
+%% newunicodechar.dtx (with options: `package')
+%%
+%% This is a generated file.
+%%
+%% Copyright (C) 2011 by Enrico Gregorio
+%% <Enrico dot Gregorio at univr dot it>
+%% -------------------------------------------------------
+%%
+%% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
+%% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+%% version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
+%% later version. The latest version of this license is in
+%% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions
+%% of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+%%
+%% This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'.
+%%
+%% The Current Maintainer of this work is Enrico Gregorio.
+%%
+%% This work consists of the files
+%% newunicodechar.dtx
+%% newunicodechar.ins
+%% and the derived file newunicodechar.sty.
+%%
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2008/04/05]
+\ProvidesPackage{newunicodechar}
+ [2011/02/18 v1.0 Defining Unicode characters]
+\@ifundefined{eTeXversion}
+ {\PackageError{newunicodechar}{LaTeX engine too old, aborting}
+ {Please upgrade your TeX system}\@@end}{}
+\DeclareOption{verbose}{\let\nuc@verbose=T}
+\ProcessOptions\relax
+\def\nuc@onebyteerr{\PackageError{newunicodechar}
+ {ASCII character requested}
+ {Only characters above U+007F may be defined; you asked
+ for\MessageBreak a plain ASCII character and your definition
+ has been ignored.}}
+\def\nuc@emptyargerr{\PackageError{newunicodechar}
+ {Empty argument}
+ {You shouldn't write \protect\newunicodechar{}{...}}}
+\def\nuc@invalidargerr{\PackageError{newunicodechar}
+ {Invalid argument}
+ {The first argument to \protect\newunicodechar\space is
+ either\MessageBreak too long or an invalid sequence of bytes}}
+\begingroup
+\catcode`\^=7 \catcode30=12 \catcode`\!=12 % for safety
+\edef\next{\@gobble^^^^0021}
+\expandafter\endgroup
+\ifx\next\@empty % Start of code for Unicode engines
+\chardef\nuc@atcode=\catcode`\~
+\catcode`\~=\active
+\def\newunicodechar#1#2{%
+ \if\relax\detokenize{#1}\relax
+ \nuc@emptyargerr
+ \else
+ \if\relax\detokenize\expandafter{\@cdr#1\@nil}\relax
+ \ifnum`#1>\string"7F
+ \catcode`#1=\active
+ \begingroup\lccode`\~=`#1
+ \lowercase{\endgroup\protected\def~}{#2}%
+ \else
+ \nuc@onebyteerr
+ \fi
+ \else
+ \nuc@invalidargerr
+ \fi
+ \fi}
+\catcode`\~=\nuc@atcode
+\@onlypreamble\newunicodechar
+\expandafter\endinput
+\fi % End of code for Unicode engines
+\def\nuc@stop{\PackageWarningNoLine{newunicodechar}
+ {This package won't work without loading\MessageBreak
+ `inputenc' with the `utf8' option}%
+ \let\newunicodechar\@gobbletwo\endinput}
+
+\@ifpackageloaded{inputenc}{}{\nuc@stop}
+\@ifpackagewith{inputenc}{utf8}{}{\nuc@stop}
+\@ifpackagewith{inputenc}{utf8x}{\nuc@stop}{}
+\def\newunicodechar#1#2{%
+ \@tempswafalse
+ \edef\@tempa{\detokenize{#1}}%
+ \if\relax\@tempa\relax
+ \nuc@emptyargerr
+ \else
+ \edef\@tempb{\expandafter\@car\@tempa\@nil}%
+ \nuc@check
+ \if@tempswa
+ \@ifundefined{u8:\@tempa}{}
+ {\PackageWarning{newunicodechar}
+ {Redefining Unicode character\ifdefined\nuc@verbose;
+ it meant\MessageBreak
+ ***\space\space\nuc@meaning\space\space***\MessageBreak
+ before your redefinition\fi}}%
+ \@namedef{u8:\@tempa}{#2}%
+ \fi
+ \fi
+}
+\def\nuc@getlength#1{%
+ \ifx#1\@nil
+ \expandafter\relax
+ \else
+ +1\expandafter\nuc@getlength
+ \fi}
+\ifdefined\nuc@verbose
+ \def\nuc@meaning{\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter
+ \strip@prefix\expandafter\meaning\csname u8:\@tempa\endcsname}
+\fi
+\def\nuc@check{%
+ \ifcase\numexpr0\expandafter\nuc@getlength\@tempa\@nil
+ \or %0
+ \nuc@onebyteerr\or %1
+ \nuc@ch@ck{192}\or %2
+ \nuc@ch@ck{224}\or %3
+ \nuc@ch@ck{240}\else %4
+ \nuc@invalidargerr
+ \fi}
+\def\nuc@ch@ck#1{%
+ \expandafter\ifnum\expandafter`\@tempb<#1\relax
+ \nuc@invalidargerr
+ \else
+ \@tempswatrue
+ \fi
+}
+\@onlypreamble\newunicodechar
+\endinput
+%%
+%% End of file `newunicodechar.sty'.
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
index 76abdbc44fb..9e371bd3049 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ my @TLP_working = qw(
multibox multido multiobjective munich musixtex muthesis mwcls mxedruli
mylatexformat
nag namespc natbib nath nature navigator ncclatex ncctools
- needspace newcommand newfile newlfm newsletr newspaper newverbs nextpage
+ needspace
+ newcommand newfile newlfm newsletr newspaper newunicodechar newverbs
+ nextpage
nfssext-cfr niceframe nicetext nih nkarta nlctdoc
noitcrul nolbreaks
nomencl nomentbl nonfloat nopageno nostarch notes notes2bib notoccite
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc
index d24367a16a6..abe627c4ce0 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ depend newcommand
depend newfile
depend newlfm
depend newspaper
+depend newunicodechar
depend newvbtm
depend newverbs
depend nextpage
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/newunicodechar.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/newunicodechar.tlpsrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/newunicodechar.tlpsrc