Re: Outputtemplate influences %& format comment parsing in verbatimtex

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On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 at 16:07, Ben Frank <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear mailing list,
>
> consider the following code:
>
> ```
> outputtemplate := "%j-%2c.mps";
>
> verbatimtex %&latex
>    \documentclass{article}
>    \begin{document}
> etex
>
> beginfig(1)
>    label.lft(btex \textbf{J} etex,origin);
> endfig;
>
> end;
> ```
>
> Why does it not compile when fed to mpost as is (because of the space
> before %&latex carrying into the output preventing its parsing as a
> format comment) but compile fine when the outputtemplate line is
> commented (i.e., the space seems to be gobbled as expected)?
>

as the result of the compilation you should have some *mpx* files in the
same folder -- what do they say ?

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luigi

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 at 16:07, Ben Fra=
nk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear mailing l=
ist,<br>
<br>
consider the following code:<br>
<br>
```<br>
outputtemplate :=3D &quot;%j-%2c.mps&quot;;<br>
<br>
verbatimtex %&amp;latex<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0\documentclass{article}<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0\begin{document}<br>
etex<br>
<br>
beginfig(1)<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0label.lft(btex \textbf{J} etex,origin);<br>
endfig;<br>
<br>
end;<br>
```<br>
<br>
Why does it not compile when fed to mpost as is (because of the space <br>
before %&amp;latex carrying into the output preventing its parsing as a <br=
>
format comment) but compile fine when the outputtemplate line is <br>
commented (i.e., the space seems to be gobbled as expected)?<br></blockquot=
e><div><br></div><div>as the result of the compilation you should have some=
 *mpx* files in the same folder -- what do they say ?</div><div><br></div><=
div>--</div><div>luigi</div><div>=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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