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From: walvdrk@pttrnl.nl
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: How do I comment-out a block of TeX
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.025453.64953@pttrnl.nl>
Date: 25 Jan 91 01:54:53 GMT
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 > Is there some way to comment out a block of TeX code?  Yes, I can
> insert a percent sign at the front of every line, but I want something
> simpler, like C's "#if 0" and "#endif" preprocessor directives.  I
> tried \ifnum0>1 ... \fi, but TeX barfed with "missing \fi" after 2000
> or so lines.

I use:
\iffalse
Piece of text to be made invisible ...
\fi

Kees  van der Wal				  e-mail: JC_vdWal@pttrnl.nl
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