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From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: easy macro for novice
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Date: 5 Dec 90 07:28:59 GMT
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Hi,

   I wrote the following macro:

   \def\dolines#1{\medskip\obeylines#1\medskip}

Then, when I do:

\dolines{
            This is line 1.
	    This is line 2.
	    This is line 3.
}

I get:

This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.

This is not what I want.  Aparantly TeX is converting the 'newlines' to spaces
before substitution into the macro.  If this is the correct diagnosis,  how do
I supress this within the macro definition?

I looked at the FAQ sheet and tried the TeXbook and found no answers.


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John

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