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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/genmisc/selectpage.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/genmisc/selectpage.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 5a1405d3c44..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/genmisc/selectpage.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -%From Tugboat volume 8, number 2 july 1987 -%by Donald Knuth -% -% The idea is to make TeX look for a file called pages.tex. if such a -%file doesn't exit, everything works as before, Otherwise the file -%should contain a list of apge numbers, one per line, in the order that -%they will be generated. After the last page number has been matched, -%all further pages will be printed. Thus, if you want ot print pages -%123 and all pages from 300 onwards, your file pages.tex should say -% 123 -% 300 -%but if you want to print pages 123 and 300 only, the file should say, -%e.g., -% 123 -% 300 -% -99999999999 % impossible number -%so that the end of file will never occur. -% - -\let\Shipout=\shipout -\newread\pages \newcount\nextpage \openin\pages=pages -\def\getnextpage{\ifeof\pages\else - {\endlinechar=-1\read\pages to\next \ifx\next\empty % in this case we -should have eof now \else\global\nextpage=\next\fi}\fi} -\ifeof\pages\else\message{OK, I'll ship only the requested pages!} - \getnextpage\fi -\def\shipout{\ifeof\pages\let\next=\Shipout - \else\ifnum\pageno=\nextpage\getnextpage\let\next=\Shipout - \else\let\next=\Tosspage\fi\fi \next} -\newbox\garbage \def\Tosspage{\deadcycles=0\setbox\garbage=} |