diff -r c85e018be3a3 -r e670969f34df src/Pure/ML/ml_lex.scala
--- a/src/Pure/ML/ml_lex.scala	Mon Dec 08 16:04:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/Pure/ML/ml_lex.scala	Mon Dec 08 22:42:12 2014 +0100
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     val CHAR = Value("character")
     val STRING = Value("quoted string")
     val SPACE = Value("white space")
+    val CARTOUCHE = Value("text cartouche")
     val COMMENT = Value("comment text")
     val ANTIQ = Value("antiquotation")
     val ANTIQ_START = Value("antiquotation: start")
@@ -133,6 +134,15 @@
     }
 
 
+    /* ML cartouche */
+
+    private val ml_cartouche: Parser[Token] =
+      cartouche ^^ (x => Token(Kind.CARTOUCHE, x))
+
+    private def ml_cartouche_line(ctxt: Scan.Line_Context): Parser[(Token, Scan.Line_Context)] =
+      cartouche_line(ctxt) ^^ { case (x, c) => (Token(Kind.CARTOUCHE, x), c) }
+
+
     /* ML comment */
 
     private val ml_comment: Parser[Token] =
@@ -145,10 +155,11 @@
     /* delimited token */
 
     private def delimited_token: Parser[Token] =
-      ml_char | (ml_string | ml_comment)
+      ml_char | (ml_string | (ml_cartouche | ml_comment))
 
     private val recover_delimited: Parser[Token] =
-      (recover_ml_char | (recover_ml_string | recover_comment)) ^^ (x => Token(Kind.ERROR, x))
+      (recover_ml_char | (recover_ml_string | (recover_cartouche | recover_comment))) ^^
+        (x => Token(Kind.ERROR, x))
 
 
     private def other_token: Parser[Token] =
@@ -246,8 +257,9 @@
       if (SML) ml_string_line(ctxt) | (ml_comment_line(ctxt) | other)
       else
         ml_string_line(ctxt) |
-          (ml_comment_line(ctxt) |
-            (ml_antiq_start(ctxt) | (ml_antiq_stop(ctxt) | (ml_antiq_body(ctxt) | other))))
+          (ml_cartouche_line(ctxt) |
+            (ml_comment_line(ctxt) |
+              (ml_antiq_start(ctxt) | (ml_antiq_stop(ctxt) | (ml_antiq_body(ctxt) | other)))))
     }
   }