Re: [Gnumed-bugs] Problem with % in latex placeholders?

[Karsten Hilbert]

One would need to see the template before replacement, the
instance after replacement, and the LaTeX log.

Karsten

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 06:44:42PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:44:42 -0700
> From: Jim Busser <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Gnumed-bugs] Problem with % in latex placeholders?
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> 
> >From the various tex templates that came bootstrapped into GNUmed, I 
> >extracted the following two instances for placeholder
> 
>       current_meds
> 
> 
> The first of these below, while unpretty, at least works:
> 
> % ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Medications & Products being used: 
>       \begin{description}
> $<current_meds::              \item[%(substance)s] {\footnotesize 
> (%(brand)s)} %(preparation)s %(amount)s%(unit)s: %(schedule)s >$
>       \end{description}
> % ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> whereas the second one (further below) fails at the location of the first % 
> which is a special character in latex, resulting in a left (first) column 
> table cell showing verbatim
> 
>       <current_meds::
> 
> and if I instead try to escape the % with \% it does not work.
> 
> Curiously, the % were accepted in the line template expression above. Maybe 
> when the % follows immediately the :: there is a problem, which the 
> expression above avoided with the
> 
>       :: \item?
> 
> 
> 
> % ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> \noindent Medication list {\tiny (ordered by brand)}{\tiny \par}
> 
> \noindent \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
> \hline 
> Drug & Strength & Regimen & Aim \tabularnewline
> \hline
> \hline 
> $<current_meds::%(brand)s %(preparation)s & %(strength)s & %(schedule)s & 
> {\footnotesize %(aim)s} \tabularnewline {\footnotesize (%(substance)s)} & 
> \multicolumn{3}{l}{{\footnotesize %(notes)s}} \vline \tabularnewline \hline > 
> $
> \end{tabular}
> % ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> ??
> 
> -- Jim
> 
> 

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