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@@ -476,15 +476,15 @@ respectively, to it; in \CEE/ the constant should be preceded by \.0
or \.{0x}. In \.{CWEB} it seems reasonable to let each convention hold
in its respective realm; so in \CEE/ text you get $40_8$ by typing
`\.{040}', which \.{CTANGLE} faithfully copies into the \CEE/ file (for
-the compiler's benefit) and which \.{CWEAVE} prints as $\T{\~40/}$.
+the compiler's benefit) and which \.{CWEAVE} prints as $\T{\~40}$.
Similarly, \.{CWEAVE} prints the hexadecimal \CEE/ constant `\.{0x20}'
-as \T{\^20/}. The use of italic font for octal digits and typewriter font
+as \T{\^20}. The use of italic font for octal digits and typewriter font
for hexadecimal digits makes the meaning of such constants clearer in
a document. For consistency, then, you should type `\.{|040|}' or
`\.{|0x20|}' in the \TEX/ part of the section.
And if you type a binary constant like `\.{0b00101010}', \.{CWEAVE} prints
-it as $\T{\\00101010/}$. In all numeric literals you may add \.' separators
+it as $\T{\\00101010}$. In all numeric literals you may add \.' separators
for improved readability.
\section Control codes.
@@ -763,11 +763,11 @@ and so on. When such characters occur in identifiers, \.{CTANGLE} must replace
them by standard ASCII alphanumeric characters or
\.{\_}, in order to generate legal \CEE/ code. It does this by means
of a transliteration table, which by default associates the string
-\.{Xab} to the character with ASCII code \T{\^/}$ab$ (where $a$ and $b$ are
+\.{Xab} to the character with ASCII code \T{\^}$ab$ (where $a$ and $b$ are
hexadecimal digits, and $a\ge8$). By placing the
construction \.{@l\ ab\ newstring} in limbo, you are telling
\.{CTANGLE} to replace this character by \.{newstring} instead.
-For example, the ISO Latin-1 code for the letter `\"u' is \T{\^FC/}
+For example, the ISO Latin-1 code for the letter `\"u' is \T{\^FC}
(or \.{'\char`\\374'}),
and \.{CTANGLE} will normally change this code to the
three-character sequence \.{XFC} if it