[texhax] Alignment in a \newwrite file?

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On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 10:49:13PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Now, I would like all the stuff that gets into bluefile.tex to be aligned
> according, e.g., to the template
> 
> \halign{#&#\cr}
> 
> , i.e. all the bluefile.tex to be structured according to that alignment
> template.
> Is it possible to achieve this, and how?


If I got you right, the following does the job:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%begin of myfile.tex%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\newwrite\blue

\immediate\openout\blue=bluefile

\outer\def\putstuffoverthere#1#2{\immediate\write\blue{#1,& #2!\cr}}

\putstuffoverthere{Hallo}{folks}
\putstuffoverthere{Goodbye}{folks}

\immediate\closeout\blue

{\catcode`@=11 \halign{#&#\cr\input bluefile }}

\bye
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%end of myfile.tex%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


If you don't need the \catcode`@=11, the example above can
work without it.


Best regards,
Oleg Katsitadze