xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (02/13/91)
I asked half years ago how to type a poem without typing \par the answer I received basically is the same: * {\catcode`\^^M=\active \def^^M{\hbox{}\par\parindent=0 pt}\parindent=0 pt% * above line was from baronov@polyof.poly.edu with my modification, i.e. * the two \parindent's. Above macro is useful in typing poetry, address list etc which requires short lines being single lines. However it has a small problem. The blank is treated as a line even though it appears at the evry beginning of a page. This problem is obvious when one uses two column style, then it looks something like this: -------Begining of a page----------------------------- Tom's Mobil [second column] Frank Mobil 34 Peter Ave 12 John St BlaBla, VA 23432 Anywhere, NY 12345 or -------Begining of a page----------------------------- Tom's Mobil 34 Peter Ave Frank Mobil BlaBla, VA 23432 12 John St. Anywhere, NY 12345 Any solution is greatly appreciated. -- xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet