summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/macros/plain/contrib/blanks
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
committerNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
commite0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d (patch)
tree60335e10d2f4354b0674ec22d7b53f0f8abee672 /macros/plain/contrib/blanks
Initial commit
Diffstat (limited to 'macros/plain/contrib/blanks')
-rw-r--r--macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks-sample.tex45
-rw-r--r--macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks.tex34
2 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks-sample.tex b/macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks-sample.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0c2c6c740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks-sample.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Example of use of macros
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\magnification=\magstephalf
+\font\AnsFont=cmtt10 at 14pt
+\parskip=1pc
+\parindent=15pt
+
+\newcount\QuestionNumber
+\QuestionNumber=1
+
+\def\Question{\hangindent\parindent\ignorespaces\noindent\number
+ \QuestionNumber.\space
+ \advance\QuestionNumber by 1}
+
+\DoAnswerstrue
+
+\noindent{\bf With Answers:}
+\medskip
+
+\Question If all men are mortal, and Socrates is a man then
+\Ans{Socrates is mortal man, as well as a Greek man}.
+
+\Question Five time four equals \Ans{20.}
+
+\Question Mares eat \Ans{oats}, and does eat \Ans{oats}, and little
+lambs eat \Ans{ivy}. I would eat ivy too, \Ans{wouldn't you}?
+
+\DoAnswersfalse
+
+\QuestionNumber=1
+\bigskip
+\noindent{\bf Without Answers:}
+\medskip
+
+\Question If all men are mortal, and Socrates is a man then
+\Ans{Socrates is mortal man, as well as a Greek man}.
+
+\Question Five time four equals \Ans{20.}
+
+\Question Mares eat \Ans{oats}, and does eat \Ans{oats}, and little lambs
+eat \Ans{ivy}. A kid'll eat ivy too, \Ans{would you}?
+
+\bye
diff --git a/macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks.tex b/macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f15cd37404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/plain/contrib/blanks/blanks.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Fill-in-the-blank macros
+% Hal Varian
+% August 19, 1987
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+
+%list processing routines taken from TeXbook, p. 310-11
+
+\def\dolist{\afterassignment\dodolist\let\next= }
+\def\dodolist{\ifx\next\endlist \let\next\relax
+ \else \\\let\next\dolist \fi
+ \next}
+\def\endlist{\endlist}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%print out answers or not?
+\newif\ifDoAnswers\DoAnswerstrue
+
+%See if next token is a space. If it is, set a low penalty for
+%line breaking. Set box 0 to be the next token. If we should
+%do answers, underscore box 0, back up and print box 0. Otherwise
+%just underscore box 0.
+\def\\{\expandafter\if\space\next\penalty0\fi\setbox0=\hbox{\next}\ifDoAnswers
+ \underscore\llap{\raise2pt\box0}\else\underscore\fi}
+
+%Underscore -- put in strut so there is enough space for handwriting.
+\def\underscore{\bigstrut\vrule height 0pt depth.5pt width\wd0}
+\def\bigstrut{\hbox{\vrule height 16pt width 0pt}}
+
+\def\Ans#1{\space{\AnsFont {\dolist#1\endlist}\underscore}}
+
+%%% ----cutting here would not be a bad idea-----------------------