General ⇒ \input or \include question

[purequaternion]

Hi all-

I have a question about using \input or \include. Is there any way to specify to these commands (or similar ones using a custom package) to only include certain lines of the source .tex file?

The scenario for use is as follows. I'm working on a translation of some stuff, and have my translation in one file. However, when writing papers that involve the translation, it'd be nice to just use an \include[lines]{file}.

The only problem I can think of with this is that "line" ranges may change if I go back and modify things. Any suggestions?

-Colin

[Juanjo]

A different but simpler approach: each time you modify the file, write \endinput right after the last line you would like to include. The lines after \endinput will not be read, so not included in the document.