[Gmsh] "-format mesh" ignored?

[Geordie McBain]

2011/2/2 Geordie McBain <gdmcbain at freeshell.org>:
> Hello.  In answering M. Sitionon's query, I noticed that my usual
> techniques for selecting Medit INRIA's ".mesh" output format from the
> command line weren't working anymore, viz. "-format mesh" or even
> "-string 'Mesh.Format=30;'".  Either resulted in what might be the
> .unv format (though I'm not too sure).  I can still get the .mesh
> format through the GUI.
>
> This is using a Gmsh from a very recent "svn update" compiled on
> 64-bit Linux Mint 9.

This report was mistaken; I hadn't noticed that the supplied .geo
input file contained the command "Mesh.Format=2" which obviously
explains the behaviour.  Deleting that, Gmsh outputs MEDIT .mesh just
fine.

Sorry.