> Am 08.03.2015 um 12:55 schrieb Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:
> 
> On 3/8/2015 12:26 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>> 
>>> Am 08.03.2015 um 11:11 schrieb Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>
>>> <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>>>:
>>> 
>>> this should help:
>>> 
>>> \unexpanded\def\writeviatex#1#2%
>>> {\ifx\normalwrite\relax\else
>>>   % the \detokenize makes sure we don't expand \noexpanded macros
>>>    \normalwrite#1{\detokenize{#2}}%
>>>  \fi}
>>> 
>>> (in future version i might replace write completely)
>> 
>> Only partially because the saved positions from \pdfsavepos are wrong.
> 
> in what sense wrong?

Content of the external file from MkIV (the entries on the first page show 0
and the values on page 2 and 3 are always the same):

1:0:0
2:0:0
3:4661756:45255023
4:4661756:45255023
5:4661756:45255023
6:4661756:45255023

Content of the external file from MkII (different values for the first
and second position on each page):

1:6526435:46204089
2:4661756:45256000
3:6526435:46204089
4:4661756:45256000
5:6526435:46204089
6:4661756:45256000

Wolfgang