Text Formatting ⇒ How to make a list in an external file?

[fpires]

Hello, all!

It's me again. This time I have the following problem: I cannot make a list of words in an external file. I will explain it better with the following example:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}

\begin{document}

Hello, world.

\newwrite\temp
\immediate\openout\temp=Rel
\immediate\write\temp{Annex A}
Some text.
\immediate\write\temp{Annex B}
\immediate\closeout\temp

\input{Rel}

\end{document}

With the above code I have the intention to make a list with the expressions Annex A and Annex B, i. e., I would like that Annex A be written in a line and Annex B be written in another line below Annex A, like this:

Annex A
Annex B

However, what I get is the two expressions written at the same line: Annex A Annex B.

There may be a way to write the two expressions in a list with the same \immediate\write command, but the question is that the information of the expression Annex B depends on what is written in Some text.. That is why I break up the code in two \immediate\write commands.

Well, sorry for the long text, and thank you again!

Felipe

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Felipe,

very good minimal example!

I noticed that it's written correctly to the file:

Annex A
Annex B

But a line break doesn't mean a paragraph break (or a line end) in TeX, it just means a space. For a paragraph break, you need an empty line or a \par command.

So, you could write:

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\immediate\write\temp{Annex A}
Some text.
\immediate\write\temp{}
\immediate\write\temp{Annex B}

Or:

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\immediate\write\temp{Annex A\par}
Some text.
\immediate\write\temp{Annex B}

Stefan

[fpires]

Stefan,

thanks again! Great solution!