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- \subhead{Introduction}
-
- The {\ss Scribe} macro package is designed to give the tex user
- some of the convenience found in the {\ss scribble} text
- formatter. The {\ss Scribe} package consists of a set of commands
- borrowed from {\ss scribble}, using the {\ss scribble}
- philosophy. This philosophy dictates that the user doesn't want
- or need detailed control over what goes on the page. Hence, there
- are a set of commands that generate environments similar to
- things that people like to do in documents. These environments
- come in three flavors: inline, vertical and switches. The inline
- environments take an argument, and cause no vertical spacing. The
- vertical environments start a new line when they are invoked, and
- most of them don't take arguments. The switch environments
- generally don't take arguments, and don't generate new lines. All
- switch environments change the current typeface.
-
- In addition to these commands, the {\ss scribe} package includes
- all the math mode commands listed in the section of the tex users
- manual on math mode. This only includes the symbols of general
- interest, and not all of the math mode commands normally
- available. If you need these commands, use the {\ss scribe+}
- package. This contains all of the math mode commands listed in
- the appendix, except for the script characters.
-
- \subhead{The Switches}
-
- The switches are commands that change the current typeface. These
- are:
-
- {\describe
-
- \bold{r} Change to a roman typeface. This font is the default
- typeface for the {\ss scribe} package.
-
- \bold{t} Exactly the same as the {\ss r} command. {\ss t} is an
- abbreviation for {\it text}, which is the default environment.
-
- \bold{b} Change to a bold typeface: {\bf that looks like this.}
-
- \bold{i} Change to an italic typeface: {\it that looks like this.}
-
- \bold{s} Change to a sans-serif typeface: {\ss that looks like this.}
-
- \bold{B} Change to a large bold typeface. This face is used for
- major headings in the scribe package, and cannot be gotten to
- from the package the manual is set in.
- } % end of the switches
-
- \subhead{The Inline Environments}
-
- The inline environments all take an argument. These commands
- generally cause a change of font over there argument, without
- generating any vertical whitespace in the output document. These
- are:
-
- {\describe
-
- \bold{+} The argument to the {\ss +} command is printed
- raised above the normal print line, in a position appropriate for
- superscripts: for example$\+{this}$ is a super script.
-
- \bold{-} The {\ss -} command is identical to the {\ss +} command,
- except that it generates subscripts. For example$\-{this}$ is a subscript.
-
- \bold{ux} The {\ss ux} command underlines every character in its
- argument, \underline{like so.}{}
-
- \bold{example} This command prints its arguments in a sans-serif
- typeface, imitating (as best as pfont can) a typewriter.
- } % end of the inline environments.
-
- \subhead{The Vertical Environments}
-
- The vertical environments all cause a vertical skip when they are
- invoked. In general, they correspond to the pieces of a document
- - headings, quotes, verse, addresses, etc. Some of these
- commands expect an argument, and act only on that argument.
- These are noted in the following list. Those that do not take
- arguments cause an tex environment change, and should be have
- a pair of curly braces to designate the text the command applies
- to, like so: {\ss \{\\command text for it to apply to\}.}
-
- {\describe
-
- \bold{center} Centers its argument. This command starts a new
- line for its argument, and a second new line for the text
- following its argument.
-
- \bold{majorhead} This command prints its argument in the {\ss B}
- typeface, centered on the page. It leaves 2/3's of an inch above
- and 1/6 of an inch plus paragraph spacing below its argument. The
- piece of text that follows this command will be indented as a paragraph.
-
- \bold{head} This command prints its argument in the {\ss b}
- typeface, left justified. It leaves 1/3 of an inch above and 1/6
- of an inch plus paragraph spacing below its argument. The piece
- of text that follows this command will be indented a paragraph.
-
- \bold{subhead} This command prints its argument in the {\ss i}
- typeface, left justified. It leaves 1/6 of an inch above and
- paragraph spacing below its argument. The piece of text that
- follows this command will be indented as a paragraph.
-
- \bold{address} Non-filled, left justified environment. This
- environment is indented approximately 4 inches from the left
- margin. It is suitable for the return address on a letter.
-
- \bold{closing} Identical to the {\ss address} environment, with a
- name more appropriate for the closing of a letter.
-
- \bold{verbatim} This environment is non-filled. Other than that,
- it is identical to the surrounding environment. It is suitable
- for including text fragments that you don't want formatted.
-
- \bold{display} Identical to {\ss verbatim}, except that the font
- is changed to the {\ss s} font. Usefull for including program
- text, or long examples.
-
- \bold{verse} A non-filled environment indented by 1/2 an inch. As
- its name indicates, it is suitable for verse.
-
- \bold{quote} A filled environemt indented by 1/2 an inch.
- Suitable for use with long text quotations.
-
- \bold{describe} This is an outdented environment. It is useful
- for a list of descriptions. In this environment, the {\ss @}
- command is useful for the first object being described. The {\ss
- @} command causes a change to a bold typeface, and insures that
- at least one space follows its argument.
- } % end of the vertical environments
-
- \subhead{The Rest of the Commands}
-
- The following commands are added to make users of scribble and
- scribe more comfortable.
-
- {\describe
-
- \bold{newpage} Skip to the top of the next page.
-
- \bold{blankspac} Skip left by the number of points specified by
- its argument.
-
- \bold{blankline} Skip down by the number of points specified by
- its argument.
-
- \bold{style} The arguments of the {\ss style} command is passed
- to {\FF Fancy Font} as parameters. It is used exactly like the
- builtin {\ss ff} command.
- } % end of the miscellanious crap
- suitable for verse.
-
- \bold{quote} A filled environemt indented by 1/2