makegobbler – Keep or drop some part of LaTeX source code

The makegobbler package provides a mechanism to selectively drop (gobble) or keep (“ungobble”) portions of LaTeX source code, either conditionally or unconditionally. The affected code is delimited by user-defined control sequences that act as explicit markers.

For example, you can define a conditional as follows: \newif\ifkeep

You can then make a portion of the source conditional like this: \keepfalse

\MGBkeep*\ifkeep\SomeArbitraryDelimitingControlSequence

Here, everything — including \fi#!{}_^$ — is dropped.

\SomeArbitraryDelimitingControlSequence

Sources	/macros/latex/contrib/makegobbler
Documentation	README.md Package documentation
Home page	https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/projects/latex-makegobbler
Bug tracker	https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?group=latex-makegobbler
Repository	https://svn.gnu.org.ua/sources/latex-makegobbler/trunk
Version	0.3.2 2026-02-15
Licenses	The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c Free license not otherwise listed
Copyright	2025–2026 Vincent Belaïche
Maintainer	Vincent Belaïche
Contained in	TeX Live as makegobbler MiKTeX as makegobbler
Topics	Macro support Conditional compilation
See also	etoolbox

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