Subject: outputing tex into a file given by a variable
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:19:08 -0600
On 5/25/07, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> The documentation for this and other argument-quoting routines suggests
> using quote-quote to "force evaluation of the argument", but this only works
> interactively, not in programs, where it is more likely that an evaluated
> argument is needed. We need to revise this misleading phrasing. Even
> better if we could get rid of the quoting routines entirely; I wonder how
> big the compatibility problem is....
Actually I doubt it would cause a problem to evaluate filename
arguments in the functions which now quote it.
The only case which could cause trouble is a symbol which is
bound to something other than itself being used as a filename.
I don't know, but I suspect that's rare.
If there are no objections, I'll put this item on my to-do list.
Robert