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+++ b/tex/context/base/char-act.mkiv
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
%D \NEWLINE\ and \NEWPAGE\ active and assigning them
%D \type{\obeysomething}, but first we set some default values.
+% These are expandable!
+
\def\obeyedspace {\space}
\def\obeyedtab {\obeyedspace}
\def\obeyedline {\par}
@@ -36,7 +38,10 @@
%D spaces (control spaces) we only have to adapt the definition
%D of \type{\obeyedspace} to:
-\unexpanded\def\controlspace{\hbox{\char32}} % rather tex, we need the unicode value
+\chardef\asciispacechar\spaceasciicode % a real space character
+
+\unexpanded\def\naturalspace{\asciispacechar}
+\unexpanded\def\controlspace{\hbox{\asciispacechar}} % rather tex, we need the unicode value
\unexpanded\def\normalspaces{\catcode\spaceasciicode\spacecatcode}
\bgroup