McGafter

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mcgafter noun

A makeshift instrument or tool (mechanical, electronic or otherwise) whereby one may gaff (poke, hook, hack) something to achieve the desired result. Works better when it gets attached to a mcgoerie*. Very common worldwide especially in parts of Africa where it has been known to be the tool of choice of even high level government officials for all governmental problems.

mcgoerie noun

A well designed tool similar in shape and function to a mcgafter* yet completely different in it's purpose. May also be used on it's own. Uses of this instrument are very rare and appears to only occur in the countries of Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa, as well as where former residents of those countries have dispersed abroad.

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Mar 4	asked	Execute command stored in aux file
Feb 14	comment	Unwanted code present in file output Great this seems to solve the problem. I was not aware of the `@` convention. Thanks. The `pdflastxpos` code was removed for the MWE.
Feb 14	accepted	Unwanted code present in file output
Feb 14	revised	Unwanted code present in file output Added clarification
Feb 14	comment	Unwanted code present in file output @JosephWright Thanks, but your solution produces {1}{F} {\writeVerse }{F} in the output file. Please see question for clarification.
Feb 14	revised	Unwanted code present in file output added missing code
Feb 13	asked	Unwanted code present in file output
Dec 20	comment	pdfsavepos coordinates remains zero I see, thanks. I have adapted the solution from somewhere else and misunderstood the usage of immediate in this context.
Dec 20	accepted	pdfsavepos coordinates remains zero
Dec 20	asked	pdfsavepos coordinates remains zero
Dec 17	accepted	How to run TeX from the command line interface in Linux
Dec 17	asked	How to run TeX from the command line interface in Linux
Dec 14	awarded	Quorum
Dec 14	comment	How much text will end up on a page? @DavidCarlisle I might be missing something, but I don't think the parallel actually syncs my texts properly.
Dec 14	accepted	How much text will end up on a page?
Dec 14	comment	How much text will end up on a page? I've updated an explanation. Illustrating the issue, with a proposed solution based on your comment.
Dec 14	revised	How much text will end up on a page? added 1508 characters in body
Dec 14	asked	How much text will end up on a page?
Dec 13	comment	Syncing text on bilingual pages I meant to say Peter Jansson, not Stephan Lehmke... oops.
Dec 13	comment	Syncing text on bilingual pages Even though Stephan Lehmke has a good solution below it looks like this answer fits my needs better, so I'll accept it instead of the other one.