%D \module
%D   [       file=catc-act,
%D        version=2006.09.18,
%D          title=\CONTEXT\ Catcode Macros,
%D       subtitle=Default Catcode Tables,
%D         author=Hans Hagen,
%D           date=\currentdate,
%D      copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}]
%C
%C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is
%C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
%C details.

%D This module deals with some active character handling. Use
%D with care.

\unprotect

% todo: \letcharcode<number>=\something

%D \macros
%D   {installactivecharacter}

\let\m_syst_catcodes_temp\empty

\protected\def\installactivecharacter#1 %
  {\edef\m_syst_catcodes_temp{\detokenize{#1}}%
   \c_syst_catcodes_c\expandafter`\m_syst_catcodes_temp\relax % relax needed
   \expandafter\startextendcatcodetable
      \expandafter\ctxcatcodes\expandafter\catcode\the\c_syst_catcodes_c\activecatcode
   \stopextendcatcodetable
   \letcatcodecommand \ctxcatcodes \c_syst_catcodes_c \m_syst_catcodes_temp \relax
   \ifnum\currentcatcodetable=\ctxcatcodes \setcatcodetable\ctxcatcodes \fi
   \let\m_syst_catcodes_temp\empty}

%D \macros
%D   {defineactivecharacter}
%D
%D Use this one with care, esp in combination with catcode
%D vectors. There are better ways now.

\setnewconstant\c_syst_catcodes_hack\tildeasciicode % also defined in catc-ini.mkiv

\protected\def\defineactivecharacter #1#2 #3% uses \doifelsenumber which is not yet defined
  {\c_syst_catcodes_c\uccode\c_syst_catcodes_hack
   \if#1"\uccode\c_syst_catcodes_hack\expandafter\doifelsenumber\expandafter{\string#1#2}\empty #1#2\else
         \uccode\c_syst_catcodes_hack\expandafter\doifelsenumber\expandafter{\string#1#2}\empty`#1#2\fi
   \catcode\uccode\c_syst_catcodes_hack\activecatcode
   \uppercase{\def\m_syst_catcodes_temp{~}}% brrr
   \uccode\c_syst_catcodes_hack\c_syst_catcodes_c
   \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\def\expandafter\m_syst_catcodes_temp\expandafter
     {\expandafter\syst_catcodes_handle\m_syst_catcodes_temp{#3}}%
   \let\m_syst_catcodes_temp\empty}

\chardef\activecharactermode\plusone % overloading still backward compatible

\def\syst_catcodes_handle
  {\ifcase\activecharactermode
     \expandafter\syst_catcodes_handle_nop
   \else
     \expandafter\syst_catcodes_handle_yes
   \fi}

\def\syst_catcodes_handle_yes#1#2{#2}
\def\syst_catcodes_handle_nop#1#2{\noexpand#1}

\protected\def\makecharacteractive #1 %
  {\catcode`#1\activecatcode}

\protected\def\installanddefineactivecharacter #1 % #2%
  {\normalexpanded{\noexpand\installactivecharacter \utfchar{#1} }%
   \defineactivecharacter #1 }% {#2}}

\protect \endinput