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diff --git a/macros/lamstex/inputs/letter.tex b/macros/lamstex/inputs/letter.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5a8a2aa016 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/lamstex/inputs/letter.tex @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +\input amstexl +\input lamstex +\input lamslogo + +\docstyle{letter} + +\litdelimiter* + +\document + +\return +3701 W. Alabama, Suite 450-273 +Houston, TX 77027 + +\address +{\LamSTeX} Users +At Your Computers +Wherever They May Be + +\salute +Dear Mr. or Ms. {\LamSTeX} User: + +A comparison of the input file \lit*letter.tex* with this output reveals +the main features of the \lit*letter* style. + +The most distinctive feature of this style is the fact that after the +\Lit* +\return +* +line, for the return address, and after the +\Lit* +\address +* +line, for the address of the person to whom the letter is sent, line +breaks occur exactly as you type them---no special control symbol is +required to indicate these line breaks; thus, you can type these addresses +just as you would type them on a typewriter. + + +This special line processing for the \lit*\return* and \lit*\address* is +turned off by the blank line at the end of the return address or address. + +Notice, by the way, that the current date (i.e., the date that your +computer thinks it is), is added automatically. + +Somewhat less obvious, but also quite convenient, is the fact that \TeX's +normal conventions about adding extra spaces after periods is turned off +for the \lit*\address* and for the salutation (the first line after the +\lit*\salute*). So if your address or salutation includes a title like +`Mr\.' or `Ms\.' you don't have to treat the period specially (either by +adding \lit*~* after it, or by typing it as `\lit*\.*'). + +Unlike a paper or book style, where one expects a sequence of pages all of +the same length, in the \lit*letter* style shorter pages are allowed, +while page breaks between paragraphs are discouraged. No \lit*\HL* or +\lit*\hl* headings are defined in the \lit*letter* style, nor can you make +a table of contents or an index (if your letters need either, I'd +certainly hate to read them!). Similarly, \lit*\title*, \lit*\author*, +etc., are not defined. + +The \lit*\closing* also has special features. Not only do the line breaks +appear as you type them, but extra space is left after the first line, for +a signature. + +Similarly, lines after \lit*\annotations* are broken as they appear on the +screen. (In business letters, there is usually at least one such line, +giving the initials of the writer/typist.) The lines after \lit*\cc* (to +indicate where copies were sent) are even more special, since the first is +preceded by `cc: '\ while the remaining lines are indented to line up with +the first. The \lit*\encl* command (to indicate enclosures) is similar. +But \lit*\ps*, for a postscript, reverts to normal \TeX\ conventions; +notice that you have to put in any `P.S.'\ yourself). + +The letter ends with an \lit*\endletter*, even though no `\lit*\letter*' +command is required to begin it (in case this asymmetry bothers you, the +\lit*letter* style does allow you to type \lit*\letter* at the beginning +of the letter, but this command actually has no effect at all). + +Notice that \lit*\endletter* doesn't cause \TeX\ to quit---an +\lit*\enddocument* is still required. That allows you to type as many +letters as you like in a single file, each of the form +\Lit* +\return + . . . + . . . + . . . +\endletter +* +with an \lit*\enddocument* at the very end. + +The second page of this letter shows another feature---the heading that is +supplied automatically after the first page (once again, spaces after +periods in abbreviations like `Mr\.' and `Ms\.' will not be bigger in this +heading). + +Here is a list of other features that are not illustrated directly by this +file: +\list \advance\litindent30pt + +\item If you type +\Lit* +\date{...} +* +before your \lit*\document* line, then `\lit*...*' will be used as the +date (and \lit*\date{}* will therefore suppress a date). \lit*\today* +stands for the current date, so \lit*\date\today* would specify the +current date (of course, there's not much point in typing this, since the +current date is supplied automatically by default). + +\item If you type \lit*\noheading* near the beginning of your letter, then +no headings will appear on pages after the first; this may be necessary if +the salutation is long (because of a long name, or a name together with a +title). If you type \lit*\NoHeadings* before your \lit*\document* line, +then none of the letters will have headings. + +\item If you type +\Lit* +\Return + First line of return address + Second line of return address + . . . +\endReturn +* +before your \lit*\document* line, then this return address will +automatically be used on each of the letters in the document; however, you +can always change the return address for a particular letter by using +\lit*\return* at the beginning of that letter. + +\item Similarly, there is a way to avoid retyping the same ``sign off'' +for each letter. If you type +\Lit* +\Signoff + . . . + . . . +\endSignoff +* +before your \lit*\document* line, then you can simply type +\Lit* +\closing +\signoff +* +at the end. You can also type something like +\Lit* +\closing +Sincerely yours, +\signoff +* +where your \lit*\Signoff* includes only your title, etc., so that your can +use different closings for different people. + +\item If you type +\Lit* +\foldlines +* +before your \lit*\document* line, then all you letters will have little +fold lines near the right margin, as a guide for folding the letter into +thirds. The address will then be positioned properly to appear in the +window of a standard \#10 window envelope. \endlist + +And that's about it. + +\closing +Sincerely yours, +Michael Spivak, President +The \TeX plorators Corporation + +\annotations MS/\TeX + +\cc Other {\LamSTeX} Users +Other \TeX\ Users + +\encl An empty \lit*\hbox*. +An empty \lit*\vbox*. + +\ps P.S. Hope you don't mind these silly remarks at the end; they're just +meant to show you how \lit*\cc* and \lit*\encl* work. + +\ps P.P.S. This letter probably doesn't remind you of a real business +letter, not only because of the content, but also because it is printed in +10~point type, and business letters are usually typed on a typewriter, +whose type is closer to 11~point. The magical incantation +\lit*\mag=\magstephalf* +at the beginning of your file will make it look much more like a +customary business letter. \lit*\mag=\magstep1* might be used for a very +brief letter. + +\endletter + +\enddocument
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