Formatted transput: format-text pseudo denotation not implemented?

Jose E. Marchesi jemarch@gnu.org
Thu May 7 21:09:47 GMT 2026


Hi Chris.

> Hello all,
>
> I'm guessing that the format-text pseudo denotation is not yet implemented;
> am I correct?
>
> So that this declaration:
>
> Format f1 = $l, 1x, "Result", 1x, 2zd, "=", 1x, g (9.5)$
>
> fails with the message:
>
> error: construct beginning with an initialiser series starting in line 1
> followed by %<=%> in line 97 and then %<$%> and %<l%> and %<,%> and %<1%>
> and %<x%> and %<,%> etcetera is an invalid keyword

Indeed, format texts have not been yet implemented.


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