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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Daniel H. Luecking wrote:<br>
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<p>Then you must ensure that active end-line characters exist at
the </p>
<p>end of each line of the text of \poem. For example,<br>
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<p><tt>{\obeylines</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
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<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt>\def\poem{%</tt></p>
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</tt>
<p><tt> line one</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
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<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt> line two</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt>}</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
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</tt>
<p><tt>}</tt></p>
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which may, of itself, cause problems, since the \def won't be global
... Better might be :<br>
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<p><tt>\begingroup</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>\obeylines</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
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<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt>\global \def \poem %</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </tt><tt>{%</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt> line one</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
</p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt> line two</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p><tt> }%</tt><tt><br>
</tt>
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<p><tt>\endgroup</tt><br>
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<p><br>
Philip Taylor<br>
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