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diff --git a/info/digests/tex88/hoenig/drop.tex b/info/digests/tex88/hoenig/drop.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..acd3124190 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/tex88/hoenig/drop.tex @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +%dropped cap macro from tom rokicki (via alan hoenig) +\font\dfont=cmb10 scaled\magstep5 +\newbox\dibox \newbox\vsk +\def\di#1{\smallskip\noindent\strut + \setbox\dibox=\hbox{\dfont #1}% + \setbox\vsk=\hbox{(}% + \hangindent=\wd\dibox + \hangafter=-2 % depends on the fonts + \strut\hbox to 0pt{\hss\vbox to0pt + {\vskip-\ht\vsk + \box\dibox\vss}}\noindent} +%and an example... +\di There is another advantage to \TeX's command structure. +Since the command is independent of the text +it is possible to change the text secure in the knowledge +that we have not altered the typeset appearance of the +document in any fundamental way. This is not always the +case with other computer typesetting systems, which would +require relaying out of the text after certain revisions. +Using a macro written by Tom Rokicki, this paragraph has +been set by\dots +\bye |