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<#144#>TEX by Example<#144#>, by Arvind Borde (<#145#>Academic Press<#145#>, 1992). Their definitions are printed in that book and are also available in a file called <#146#>tbemacros.tex<#146#>. To use the commands you must copy the definitions from the book, or type `<#147#>\input tbemacros<#147#>' in your file.
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<#499#><#500#>## NameStreetCity Postal codeCountry.<#500#><#499#>

Dear Reader,

This shows you how to make a simple letter.


<#502#>1.5true in Sincerely,true cm The Author.<#502#>


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<#510#><#511#>## NameStreetCity Postal codeCountry.<#511#><#510#>

Dear Reader,

This shows you how to make a simple letter.


<#513#>1.5true in Sincerely,true cm The Author.<#513#>

For this to be useful, you must edit the definition of ;SPMquot;


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<#515#>1.5true in Your name,
Your address,
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;SPMquot; in the <#159#>tbemacros<#159#> file, replacing ``Your name'' by your name, etc.


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<#517#>Illustration<#517#>:


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TO: The reader. FROM: The author. SUBJECT: Writing memoranda. DATE: Today.

This shows you one way to do a memorandum.


0=0 #tex2html_wrap_inline2070#0 by 1 0;SPMlt;25


<#647#>The input for this was<#647#>:


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<#649#>`=̈12 TO: The reader. FROM: The author. SUBJECT: Writing memoranda. DATE: Today.

This shows you one way to do a memorandum.


0=0 #tex2html_wrap_inline2072#0 by 1 0;SPMlt;25
The ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; command is somewhat rigid in that it requires you to type `;SPMquot;TO:;SPMquot;', `;SPMquot;FROM:;SPMquot;', `;SPMquot;SUBJECT:;SPMquot;' and `;SPMquot;DATE:;SPMquot;' <#198#>exactly<#198#> as shown, and in that order. = byby-=byby <#651#>=;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 ;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 doittoit<#651#>

0=.4pt 1=1 by-0 1 by2 <#653#>1 width0 1<#653#>=.25 true in/ <#654#>2<#654#> <#655#>#tex2html_accent_inline2073#<#655#> by1

The command shown below allows you to make multi-line comments without using a ;SPMquot;131 useful when you want TEX to temporarily ignore parts of a document and to process only a portion of it. 255=0 255 by1 255;SPMlt;127 All input lines will be ignored from now on unless they start with an `!'. `255=0 255 by1 255;SPMlt;127 ' is switched off by typing `!E' at the START of a line, as here: !E


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<#659#>`=̈12 255=0 255 by1 255;SPMlt;127 All input lines will be ignored from now on unless they start with an `!'. `255=0 255 by1 255;SPMlt;127 ' is switched off by typing `!E' at the START of a line, as here: !E


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It is tedious work to make tables with `rules' (i.e., drawn lines) from scratch, each time they are needed. The ;SPMquot;0=<#664#>;<#664#> `= ##width;SPMamp;heightdepth3.5pt width0pt <#667#>


<#667#> <#668#><#668#>=by1ex heightwidth0pt depth0pt;SPMamp;SPMquot; command in this package, along with its associates, gives you one easy way to make ruled tables.


<#669#>Illustration<#669#>:


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<#684#>The input for this was<#684#>:


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The ;SPMquot;#math145#

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;SPMquot; on either side, or the method employed above. The next example shows how to specify your own table `preambles'.


<#749#>Illustration<#749#>:


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Specifying a customized preamble can get a little tricky, so you may wish not to indulge. The preamble has to have extra slots for the vertical rules, for one thing, and you have to make sure you enclose everything in a group (either explicitly within braces, or between ;SPMquot;

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;SPMquot;signs)topreventthenewpreamblespecificationfrominterferingwiththedefaultpreamblethatgoeswiththesecommands.Easiertousefromthetableabove, are;SPMquot;#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2135#0;SPMquot;, whichmerelyleavesahorizontalspaceofsizeequaltothewidthofadigit, and;SPMquot;0 = #tex2html_wrap_indisplay2137##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2138##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2139#=0pt#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2140#=1pt#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2141##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2142#by3pt#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2143# = #tex2html_wrap_indisplay2144#0#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2145##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2146#by#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2147##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2148#0#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2149#width0pt;SPMquot;, whichcanbeusedtoplacelarge - sizematerialinthetable.;SPMquot;#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2150#0;SPMquot;canbeusedtoaligncolumnsofdigitsalongdecimalpoints.Touse;SPMquot;0 = #tex2html_wrap_indisplay2152##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2153#;#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2154#=0pt#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2155#=1pt#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2156##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2157#by3ptS#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2158# = #tex2html_wrap_indisplay2159#0#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2160##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2161#by#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2162##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2163#0#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2164#width0ptPMquot;youhavetospecifyawidth(;SPMquot;1.6in;SPMquot;above).#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2165# =

byby-=byby <#798#>=;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 ;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 doittoit<#798#>

0=.4pt 1=1 by-0 1 by2 <#800#>1 width0 1<#800#>=.25 true in/ <#801#>2<#801#> You can adjust other attributes to suit your own tastes. Rule thicknesses are governed by ;SPMquot;<#802#>


height;<#802#>SPMquot; (thickness of the top rule), ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; (thickness of the outer rules; default value .4pt) and ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; (thickness of the inner rules; default value .4pt). A minimum height is assigned to every line by ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; (default 9pt); the space above and below horizontal rules is set by the values of ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; (default 6pt) and ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; (default 8pt); the space next to vertical rules by ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; (default 8pt). All these parameters can be altered, as they have been below.


<#803#>Illustration<#803#>:


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<#895#><#893#><#420#><#433#> The command ;SPMquot;-;-SPMquot;, used for the third table, makes a narrow column of specified size, so it may be used to effectively get double vertical lines.


<#897#>Illustration<#897#>:


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;SPMquot; here, because ;SPMquot;!;SPMquot; was not used anywhere.


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Plain TEX, a mathematician's creation, lacks two symbols essential to the emotional well-being of physicists, $<#958#>&sim#sim;<#958#> <#959#><#959#> <#960#>.5pt<#960#> <#961#><#962#> =<#963#><#963#>0pt <#964#>$0pt;##$S <#964#><#962#>PMgt;<#961#>$ and $<#965#>&sim#sim;<#965#> <#966#><#966#> <#967#>.2pt<#967#> <#968#><#969#> =<#970#><#970#>0pt <#971#>$0pt;##$S <#971#><#969#>PMlt;<#968#>$. This package provides them.


<#972#>Illustration<#972#>:


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#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2192##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2193#

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#math154#

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= 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2222#`{ = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2223#`} = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2224#`$ = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2225#` = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2226#`# = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2227#`% = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2228#`=̃ 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2229#`#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2230# = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2231#`=̂ 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2232#`&sstarf#star; = 12#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2233#` = 0#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2234#`=̀ #tex2html_wrap_indisplay2235##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2236#`ˆM = #tex2html_wrap_indisplay2237##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2238#M
#tex2html_wrap_indisplay2239##tex2html_wrap_indisplay2240#

-endliteral If you type `;SPMquot;`=̈;SPMquot;' in your `=̈12 file, you can then use `<#265#>;SPMquot;<#265#>' to quote commands verbatim within text. For example, the first input line for this paragraph was `=̈


`
=12 `{=12 `}=12 `$=12 `=12 `#=12 `=12 `=̃12 `_=12 `=̂12 `&sstarf#star;=12 `=0 `=̀`^̂M=^^M<#1042#>
<#1042#>`=̈12 If you type `;SPMquot;`=̈;SPMquot;' in your Typing `;SPMquot;`=̈12;SPMquot;' switches the feature off.


<#1043#>#tex2html_accent_inline2241#<#1043#> by1

The two column stuff on these pages is produced by


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<#1045#>`=̈12 0=.4pt 1=1 by-0 1 by2 <#1046#>1 width0 1<#1046#>=.25in / <#267#>2<#267#> @bgroup@it stuff @egroup = byby-=byby <#1048#>=;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 ;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 doittoit<#1048#> The specifications before the ;SPMquot;/;SPMquot; are optional (;SPMquot;0=.4pt 1=1 by-0 1 by2 <#1050#>1 width0 1<#1050#>;SPMquot; places a vertical rule between columns and ;SPMquot;;SPMquot; resets the gap between columns---the default is no rule, with a .2 inch gap); the specification after the ;SPMquot;/;SPMquot; gives the number of columns. This multi-column command has limited uses: it is suitable only for output that will fit on a single page. = byby-=byby <#1052#>=;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 ;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 doittoit<#1052#>

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<#1057#>Illustration<#1057#>:


<#1058#>Characters in the <#1062#>cmsy10<#1062#> font, with decimal codes:

5000 10000


0;SPMlt;3.25ex 255=0 0=10pt 0=<#1060#>255<#1060#> 0;SPMgt;0 0=0 255 by1 255;SPMlt;128 255=0 0 by 25pt to0<#1061#>to23pt<#1063#>255: <#1063#>255<#1061#> 255 by1 255;SPMlt;128 ;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;
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<#1064#>The input for this was<#1064#>:


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=12 `{=12 `}=12 `$=12 `=12 `#=12 `=12 `=̃12 `_=12 `=̂12 `&sstarf#star;=12 `=0 `=̀`^̂M=^^M<#1066#>
<#1066#>`=̈12 <#1067#>Characters in the <#1071#>cmsy10<#1071#> font, with decimal codes:

5000 10000


0;SPMlt;3.25ex 255=0 0=10pt 0=<#1069#>255<#1069#> 0;SPMgt;0 0=0 255 by1 255;SPMlt;128 255=0 0 by 25pt to0<#1070#>to23pt<#1072#>255: <#1072#>255<#1070#> 255 by1 255;SPMlt;128 ;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;
<#1067#> To use the command, you must know the `external name' of the font (i.e., the name under which information about the font is filed). The one used above, ;SPMquot;cmsy10;SPMquot;, is the standard Computer Modern mathematics symbols font.


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<#1074#>Illustration<#1074#>:


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<#1076#> Now, at last, you can easily typeset conversations you eavesdrop on in restaurants and on planes.

Really? That's just what I've been waiting for! How do I do it?

Exactly the way this script was done.

Is it easy?

Extremely.


<#1078#>The input for this was<#1078#>:


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=12 `{=12 `}=12 `$=12 `=12 `#=12 `=12 `=̃12 `_=12 `=̂12 `&sstarf#star;=12 `=0 `=̀`^̂M=^^M<#1080#>
<#1080#>`=̈12 =1 .4in

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<#1082#> Now, at last, you can easily typeset conversations you eavesdrop on in restaurants and on planes.

Really? That's just what I've been waiting for! How do I do it?

Exactly the way this script was done.

Is it easy?

Extremely.


<#1084#>#tex2html_accent_inline2244#<#1084#> by1

<#1085#>Illustration<#1085#>:


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<#1086#>The input for this was<#1086#>:


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<#1088#>`=̈12 Gosh darn it, it's JanuaryFebruaryMarch AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober NovemberDecember already! Even worse, it is by60 by60 by- by60 ;SPMgt;12 by-12 :;SPMlt;10 0 P.M. :;SPMlt;10 0 A.M. on JanuaryFebruaryMarch AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober NovemberDecember , .


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<#1090#>Illustration<#1090#>:


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#math161##tex2html_wrap_inline2325# = 3#tex2html_wrap_inline2326# = 4#tex2html_wrap_inline2327# = 2#tex2html_wrap_inline2328# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2329##tex2html_wrap_inline2330# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2331##tex2html_wrap_inline2332# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2333##tex2html_wrap_inline2334# = 1#tex2html_wrap_inline2335##tex2html_wrap_inline2336##tex2html_wrap_inline2337#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2338##tex2html_wrap_inline2339##tex2html_wrap_inline2340#by1#tex2html_wrap_inline2341##tex2html_wrap_inline2342# ;SPMlt; #tex2html_wrap_inline2343##tex2html_wrap_inline2344##tex2html_wrap_inline2345# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2346##tex2html_wrap_inline2347# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2348##tex2html_wrap_inline2349# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2350##tex2html_wrap_inline2351# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2352##tex2html_wrap_inline2353# = 1#tex2html_wrap_inline2354##tex2html_wrap_inline2355##tex2html_wrap_inline2356#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2357##tex2html_wrap_inline2358##tex2html_wrap_inline2359#by1#tex2html_wrap_inline2360##tex2html_wrap_inline2361# ;SPMlt; #tex2html_wrap_inline2362##tex2html_wrap_inline2363##tex2html_wrap_inline2364# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2365##tex2html_wrap_inline2366# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2367##tex2html_wrap_inline2368##tex2html_wrap_inline2369#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2370##tex2html_wrap_inline2373##tex2html_wrap_inline2374# + #tex2html_wrap_inline2377##tex2html_wrap_inline2378# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2379##tex2html_wrap_inline2380#.
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<#1121#>The input for this was<#1121#>:


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=12 `{=12 `}=12 `$=12 `=12 `#=12 `=12 `=̃12 `_=12 `=̂12 `&sstarf#star;=12 `=0 `=̀`^̂M=^^M<#1123#>
<#1123#>`=̈12 #math167##tex2html_wrap_inline2403# = 15#tex2html_wrap_inline2404# = 16#tex2html_wrap_inline2405# = 3#tex2html_wrap_inline2406# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2407##tex2html_wrap_inline2408# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2409##tex2html_wrap_inline2410# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2411##tex2html_wrap_inline2412# = 1#tex2html_wrap_inline2413##tex2html_wrap_inline2414##tex2html_wrap_inline2415#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2416##tex2html_wrap_inline2417##tex2html_wrap_inline2418#by1#tex2html_wrap_inline2419##tex2html_wrap_inline2420# ;SPMlt; #tex2html_wrap_inline2421##tex2html_wrap_inline2422##tex2html_wrap_inline2423# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2424##tex2html_wrap_inline2425# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2426##tex2html_wrap_inline2427# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2428##tex2html_wrap_inline2429# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2430##tex2html_wrap_inline2431# = 1#tex2html_wrap_inline2432##tex2html_wrap_inline2433##tex2html_wrap_inline2434#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2435##tex2html_wrap_inline2436##tex2html_wrap_inline2437#by1#tex2html_wrap_inline2438##tex2html_wrap_inline2439# ;SPMlt; #tex2html_wrap_inline2440##tex2html_wrap_inline2441##tex2html_wrap_inline2442# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2443##tex2html_wrap_inline2444# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2445##tex2html_wrap_inline2446##tex2html_wrap_inline2447#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2448##tex2html_wrap_inline2451##tex2html_wrap_inline2452# + #tex2html_wrap_inline2455##tex2html_wrap_inline2456# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2457##tex2html_wrap_inline2458#.
;SPMgt;== <#1129#>====1 byby1 ;SPMlt; =<#1129#> ;SPMlt;by1 =The sum seems to be exactly #math168##tex2html_wrap_inline2462##tex2html_wrap_inline2463#. =2 <#1132#>Yawn!<#1132#> Tell me something I don't know, will you? Incredible! But, perhaps you'd better check my work. by-1 This lies between #math169##tex2html_wrap_inline2467##tex2html_wrap_inline2468#====1 byby1 ;SPMlt; =(#math170#= #tex2html_wrap_inline2470##tex2html_wrap_inline2471#) by1 and #math171##tex2html_wrap_inline2475##tex2html_wrap_inline2476#====1 byby1 ;SPMlt; =(#math172#= #tex2html_wrap_inline2478##tex2html_wrap_inline2479#).

#math173##tex2html_wrap_inline2481# = 3#tex2html_wrap_inline2482# = 4#tex2html_wrap_inline2483# = 2#tex2html_wrap_inline2484# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2485##tex2html_wrap_inline2486# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2487##tex2html_wrap_inline2488# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2489##tex2html_wrap_inline2490# = 1#tex2html_wrap_inline2491##tex2html_wrap_inline2492##tex2html_wrap_inline2493#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2494##tex2html_wrap_inline2495##tex2html_wrap_inline2496#by1#tex2html_wrap_inline2497##tex2html_wrap_inline2498# ;SPMlt; #tex2html_wrap_inline2499##tex2html_wrap_inline2500##tex2html_wrap_inline2501# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2502##tex2html_wrap_inline2503# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2504##tex2html_wrap_inline2505# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2506##tex2html_wrap_inline2507# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2508##tex2html_wrap_inline2509# = 1#tex2html_wrap_inline2510##tex2html_wrap_inline2511##tex2html_wrap_inline2512#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2513##tex2html_wrap_inline2514##tex2html_wrap_inline2515#by1#tex2html_wrap_inline2516##tex2html_wrap_inline2517# ;SPMlt; #tex2html_wrap_inline2518##tex2html_wrap_inline2519##tex2html_wrap_inline2520# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2521##tex2html_wrap_inline2522# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2523##tex2html_wrap_inline2524##tex2html_wrap_inline2525#by#tex2html_wrap_inline2526##tex2html_wrap_inline2529##tex2html_wrap_inline2530# + #tex2html_wrap_inline2533##tex2html_wrap_inline2534# = #tex2html_wrap_inline2535##tex2html_wrap_inline2536#.
;SPMgt;== <#1144#>====1 byby1 ;SPMlt; =<#1144#> ;SPMlt;by1 =The sum seems to be exactly #math174##tex2html_wrap_inline2540##tex2html_wrap_inline2541#. =2 <#1147#>Yawn!<#1147#> Tell me something I don't know, will you? Incredible! But, perhaps you'd better check my work. by-1 This lies between #math175##tex2html_wrap_inline2545##tex2html_wrap_inline2546#====1 byby1 ;SPMlt; =(#math176#= #tex2html_wrap_inline2548##tex2html_wrap_inline2549#) by1 and #math177##tex2html_wrap_inline2553##tex2html_wrap_inline2554#====1 byby1 ;SPMlt; =(#math178#= #tex2html_wrap_inline2556##tex2html_wrap_inline2557#).


<#1154#>#tex2html_accent_inline2558#<#1154#> by1

<#1155#>Illustration<#1155#>:


<#1156#> =0 =20 =50 =10 þ=10 =60 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1157#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1157#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1156#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp; <#1158#> =10 =40 =30 =-10 þ=30 =100 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1159#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1159#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1158#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp; <#1160#> =20 =20 =48 =0 þ=5 =120 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1161#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1161#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1160#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp; <#1162#> =1 =1 =30 =50 þ=5 =60 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1163#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1163#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1162#>


<#1164#>The input for this was<#1164#>:


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=12 `{=12 `}=12 `$=12 `=12 `#=12 `=12 `=̃12 `_=12 `=̂12 `&sstarf#star;=12 `=0 `=̀`^̂M=^^M<#1166#>
<#1166#>`=̈12 <#1167#> =0 =20 =50 =10 þ=10 =60 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1168#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1168#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1167#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp; <#1169#> =10 =40 =30 =-10 þ=30 =100 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1170#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1170#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1169#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp; <#1171#> =20 =20 =48 =0 þ=5 =120 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1172#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1172#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1171#>;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp;;SPMnbsp; <#1173#> =1 =1 =30 =50 þ=5 =60 =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1174#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1174#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1173#> The parameters in ;SPMquot;<#1175#> =; =S =P =M þ=q =u =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1176#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1176#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1175#>ot; are, respectively, the top width, the bottom width, the height and the bottom displacement (all in points); the rule thickness and the gap between rules (in 1/64th of a point). For ;SPMquot;<#1177#> =; =; =S =0 þ=P =M =0 by 65536 by 65536 by 65536 þby 1024 by 1024 =byby ==by-by byby=<#1178#>spheight0sp depthþsp widthsp<#1178#>sp ;SPMlt;=by 65536 byþbyby65536 = <#1177#>quot; the numbers are the top width, the bottom width, the rule thickness and the gap. (If you use small numbers for the rule specifications, you are likely to cause TEX to `overflow'.) = byby-=byby <#1180#>=;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 ;SPMgt;0 to by-1 ;SPMgt;0 doittoit<#1180#>

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