-\def\scanmacro#1{%
- \begingroup
- \newlinechar`\^^M
- \let\xeatspaces\eatspaces
- % Undo catcode changes of \startcontents and \doprintindex
- % When called from @insertcopying or (short)caption, we need active
- % backslash to get it printed correctly. Previously, we had
- % \catcode`\\=\other instead. We'll see whether a problem appears
- % with macro expansion. --kasal, 19aug04
- \catcode`\@=0 \catcode`\\=\active \escapechar=`\@
- % ... and \example
- \spaceisspace
- %
- % Append \endinput to make sure that TeX does not see the ending newline.
- % I've verified that it is necessary both for e-TeX and for ordinary TeX
- % --kasal, 29nov03
- \scantokens{#1\endinput}%
- \endgroup
-}
+\def\scanmacro#1{\begingroup
+ \newlinechar`\^^M
+ \let\xeatspaces\eatspaces
+ %
+ % Undo catcode changes of \startcontents and \doprintindex
+ % When called from @insertcopying or (short)caption, we need active
+ % backslash to get it printed correctly. Previously, we had
+ % \catcode`\\=\other instead. We'll see whether a problem appears
+ % with macro expansion. --kasal, 19aug04
+ \catcode`\@=0 \catcode`\\=\active \escapechar=`\@
+ %
+ % ... and for \example:
+ \spaceisspace
+ %
+ % The \empty here causes a following catcode 5 newline to be eaten
+ % as part of reading whitespace after a control sequence. It does
+ % not eat a catcode 13 newline. There's no good way to handle the
+ % two cases. See the Macro Details node in the manual for the
+ % workaround we currently have to recommend for macros and
+ % line-oriented commands.
+ \scantokens{#1\empty}%
+\endgroup}