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10 This may be old information. Trust only the source. :-)
12 Implementation notes. (Or how to make your own national mm)
18 The arg is part of a filename in mm/*.MT or mm/*.cov.
19 This file is read when the macro is executed. Therefore it must be
20 put before any text output.
21 In each file there are definitions of all extra macros needed for the
22 cover sheet. MT files is only for compatibility reasons, and has several
23 limits due to that it don't know when the cover starts, and cannot
24 change sizes. Use COVER for new coversheet macros.
26 But with MT it is possible to write all of the AT&T covers.
27 An example can be found in mm/0.MT.
29 When writing a new cover using COVER, have in mind that the cover
30 should print the page with the COVEND macro. This macro
31 should be defined by the new macrofile.
33 Here is a part of ms.cov:
34 > .\"-----------------
42 This is important, since COVER disables the page header.
44 Should begin with page one (normally).
46 And enable the trap at the page footer.
50 #########################
59 cov*au I The number of authors.
61 cov*title M Title collected with .TL.
63 cov*au!x!y S Author(s) given to .AU
64 cov*at!x!y S Author(s) title given to .AT
65 x is the author-index [1-cov*au],
66 y is the argument-index [1-9].
67 Look at the table with indexes.
69 cov*firm I Author(s) firm.
71 cov*abs-arg I Argument to abstract.
73 cov*abs-ind I Indent for abstract.
75 cov*abs-name S The string 'ABSTRACT', changed with .AST
77 cov*abstract M The abstract.
79 cov*new-date S The date (todays date if ND is not used)
82 cov*mt-addresse S MT addressee
85 ##########################
86 Argument-index for cov*au:
99 The location is set to the contents of string cov*location-xxxx
100 if location is equal to xxxx and cov*location-xxxx is defined
104 Argument-index for cov*at: