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Subject: ^^M delimited arguments in a macro?
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Date: 31 Oct 90 06:21:47 GMT
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I have the following construction in my file:

\def\test #1 #2 #3\par{blah #1 blah #2 blah #3}

\begingroup \obeylines
\test first second and then this is the third argument
\test first second and then this is the third argument
\test first second and then this is the third argument
\test first second and then this is the third argument
\endgroup

\bye

As I understand it, \obeylines ``makes the ASCII <return> into an
active character that uses the current meaning of \par, and plain TeX
puts <return> at the end of an input line.'' (TeXbook, p.249)

But TeX does not seem to be doing this; I get 'runaway argument' errors
when I process the file. If I put `\par' at the end of each line, it
works fine!

Help!

rab
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