Note: the following file is requested by ucs.4ht and loaded outside the normal tex4ht environmet so, in particular, catcode are not set for it.
<..utf8x.4ht..>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% utf8x.4ht 2014-07-12-22:36 %
% Copyright (C) 2007--2009 Eitan M. Gurari %
<.TeX4ht copyright.>
<.config utf8x.>%
% \Hinput{utf8x}
\endinput
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<..config utf8x..>
\bgroup
\def\temp#1{%
\ifnum \count255<224
\expandafter\gdef\csname :u8-\number\count255\endcsname ##1{%
\string#1\string##1}%
\else\ifnum \count255<240
\expandafter\gdef\csname :u8-\number\count255\endcsname ##1##2{%
\string#1\string##1\string##2}%
\else \ifnum \count255<245
\expandafter\gdef\csname :u8-\number\count255\endcsname ##1##2##3{%
\string#1\string##1\string##2\string##3}%
\fi\fi\fi
\edef\tempa{%
\noexpand\Configure{@newlabel}{\noexpand\let\noexpand #1\expandafter
\noexpand\csname :u8-\number\count255\endcsname}}%
\tempa
}
\count255=194\relax
\loop\ifnum\count255<245\relax
\catcode\count255\active
\begingroup
\uccode‘\~\count255%
\uccode‘\u‘\u%
\uppercase{%
\endgroup
\temp{~}}%
\advance\count255by1\relax
\repeat
\expandafter\global\expandafter\let\csname a:@newlabel\expandafter
\endcsname\csname a:@newlabel\endcsname
\egroup
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What is the difference between ‘\uccode‘\~\count255 %SPACE’ and
utf8x.def has both.
The above is to preserve characters in ‘sensitive’ locations: