#153655 mgp: can't print '#' or '%' as the first char of a text line

Package:
mgp
Source:
mgp
Description:
MagicPoint — an X11-based presentation tool
Submitter:
Date:
2005-07-18 03:40:27 UTC
Severity:
normal
#153655#5
Date:
2002-07-20 13:27:00 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

    The following example does not work:
--- cut from a mgp file ---
%font "typewriter", size 3
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
set -e
case "$1" in
 start)
--- cut from a mgp file ---

    The line "#!/bin/sh" does not appear in the output. If I put a
backslash '\' before '#', then the output shows "\#", not only '#'.

    There should be an escape char to allow printing '#' and '%' as the
first char of a line and I suggest this escape char should be '\'. I
also suggest that "\\" as the first chars of a line should print '\',
then I can print a backslash when I want.

    Thanks,
     Pedro