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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)
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Subject: Printing computer program and Long Eq in Multiple columns
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Date: 9 Mar 91 17:13:35 GMT
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Dear TeXperts,

I have two questions:

1) How to print something as it is, like computer program?

Eplain [by karl] has this solution adapted from from Knuth's book 382. 
Basically it uses something like 
\listing#1{\begingroup \obey*** \input #1 \endgroup}
The trick here is that \input #1 is not affected by \obey***.
However to use this solution one has to use a separate file. What I need
is something like 

\listing{something to be printed as it is like a computer program}

However one can not simply modify above definition by changing 
\input #1 to #1. So in short, a Plain TeX solution is wanted.

2. I posted before, the problem of ``long equation and multiple column
problem has been solved by the following authors''. I would appreciate
a copy of code if some one has it on line.

\subsec Gary Benson, Debi~Erpenbeck, \and Janet~Holmes\\Inserts in
        a Multiple-Column Format\\727-742<
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