1*89a07cf8Schristos###################################################################### 2*89a07cf8SchristosId: NOTES,v 2.0 2000/09/14 03:40:24 jhaegg Exp 3*89a07cf8Schristos 4*89a07cf8SchristosBeware! 5*89a07cf8SchristosThis may be old information. Trust only the source. :-) 6*89a07cf8Schristos 7*89a07cf8SchristosImplementation notes. (Or how to make your own national mm) 8*89a07cf8Schristos 9*89a07cf8SchristosDifferent commands: 10*89a07cf8Schristos 11*89a07cf8SchristosCOVER [arg] 12*89a07cf8SchristosMT [arg [addressee]] 13*89a07cf8SchristosThe arg is part of a filename in mm/*.MT or mm/*.cov. 14*89a07cf8SchristosThis file is read when the macro is executed. Therefore it must be 15*89a07cf8Schristosput before any text output. 16*89a07cf8SchristosIn each file there are definitions of all extra macros needed for the 17*89a07cf8Schristoscover sheet. MT files is only for compatibility reasons, and has several 18*89a07cf8Schristoslimits due to that it don't know when the cover starts, and cannot 19*89a07cf8Schristoschange sizes. Use COVER for new coversheet macros. 20*89a07cf8Schristos 21*89a07cf8SchristosBut with MT it is possible to write all of the AT&T covers. 22*89a07cf8SchristosAn example can be found in mm/0.MT. 23*89a07cf8Schristos 24*89a07cf8SchristosWhen writing a new cover using COVER, have in mind that the cover 25*89a07cf8Schristosshould print the page with the COVEND macro. This macro 26*89a07cf8Schristosshould be defined by the new macrofile. 27*89a07cf8Schristos 28*89a07cf8SchristosHere is a part of ms.cov: 29*89a07cf8Schristos> .\"----------------- 30*89a07cf8Schristos> .de COVEND 31*89a07cf8Schristos> .sp |4.2c 32*89a07cf8Schristos> .cov@print-title 33*89a07cf8Schristos> .cov@print-authors 34*89a07cf8Schristos> .cov@print-firm 35*89a07cf8Schristos> .cov@print-abstract 36*89a07cf8Schristos> .cov@print-date 37*89a07cf8SchristosThis is important, since COVER disables the page header. 38*89a07cf8Schristos> .pg@enable-top-trap 39*89a07cf8SchristosShould begin with page one (normally). 40*89a07cf8Schristos> .bp 1 41*89a07cf8SchristosAnd enable the trap at the page footer. 42*89a07cf8Schristos> .pg@enable-trap 43*89a07cf8Schristos> .. 44*89a07cf8Schristos 45*89a07cf8Schristos######################### 46*89a07cf8Schristos 47*89a07cf8SchristosVariables for covers: 48*89a07cf8SchristosI = integer 49*89a07cf8SchristosS = string 50*89a07cf8SchristosD = diversion 51*89a07cf8SchristosM = macro 52*89a07cf8Schristos 53*89a07cf8SchristosName Type Desc. 54*89a07cf8Schristoscov*au I The number of authors. 55*89a07cf8Schristos 56*89a07cf8Schristoscov*title M Title collected with .TL. 57*89a07cf8Schristos 58*89a07cf8Schristoscov*au!x!y S Author(s) given to .AU 59*89a07cf8Schristoscov*at!x!y S Author(s) title given to .AT 60*89a07cf8Schristos x is the author-index [1-cov*au], 61*89a07cf8Schristos y is the argument-index [1-9]. 62*89a07cf8Schristos Look at the table with indexes. 63*89a07cf8Schristos 64*89a07cf8Schristoscov*firm I Author(s) firm. 65*89a07cf8Schristos 66*89a07cf8Schristoscov*abs-arg I Argument to abstract. 67*89a07cf8Schristos 68*89a07cf8Schristoscov*abs-ind I Indent for abstract. 69*89a07cf8Schristos 70*89a07cf8Schristoscov*abs-name S The string 'ABSTRACT', changed with .AST 71*89a07cf8Schristos 72*89a07cf8Schristoscov*abstract M The abstract. 73*89a07cf8Schristos 74*89a07cf8Schristoscov*new-date S The date (todays date if ND is not used) 75*89a07cf8Schristos 76*89a07cf8Schristoscov*mt-type S MT type 77*89a07cf8Schristoscov*mt-addresse S MT addressee 78*89a07cf8Schristos 79*89a07cf8Schristos 80*89a07cf8Schristos########################## 81*89a07cf8SchristosArgument-index for cov*au: 82*89a07cf8Schristos 83*89a07cf8SchristosIndex Desc. 84*89a07cf8Schristos1 name 85*89a07cf8Schristos2 initials 86*89a07cf8Schristos3 location 87*89a07cf8Schristos4 department 88*89a07cf8Schristos5 extension 89*89a07cf8Schristos6 room 90*89a07cf8Schristos7 arg 7 91*89a07cf8Schristos8 arg 8 92*89a07cf8Schristos9 arg 9 93*89a07cf8Schristos 94*89a07cf8SchristosThe location is set to the contents of string cov*location-xxxx 95*89a07cf8Schristosif location is equal to xxxx and cov*location-xxxx is defined 96*89a07cf8Schristosin the file locale. 97*89a07cf8Schristos 98*89a07cf8Schristos 99*89a07cf8SchristosArgument-index for cov*at: 100*89a07cf8Schristos 101*89a07cf8SchristosIndex Desc. 102*89a07cf8Schristos1 title 1 103*89a07cf8Schristos. . 104*89a07cf8Schristos. . 105*89a07cf8Schristos9 title 9 106