\externalfigure[{flower[1].jpg}] demonstrates the same behavior as \externalfigure[flower[1].jpg]
Cheers,
Mike
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From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl on behalf of Hans Hagen
Sent: Thu 12/27/2007 8:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [NTG-context] escaping filenames with externalfigure
Santy, Michael wrote:
> Is there a way to escape special characters in filenames passed to externalfigure. I'm encountering the situation where users are choosing images that may contain brackets or curly braces (e.g., flower[1].jpg or flower{1}.jpg). If I pass filename containing these characters directly to externalfigure, the closing bracket is mistaken for the end of the filename.
> \externalfigure[flower{1}.jpg] % works
> \externalfigure[flower[1].jpg] % doesn't work
\externalfigure[{flower[1].jpg}] may also work
> I then tried to define a variable that holds the filename and pass that variable to externalfigure, but it ran into problems with curly braces.
>
> \def\myimagefilename{flower[1].jpg}
> \externalfigure[\myimagefilename] % works
>
> \def\myimagefilename{flower{1}.jpg}
> \externalfigure[\myimagefilename] % doesn't work
>
> Does anyone have any idea how I could handle arbitrary filename inputs that contain brackets and curly braces?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
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