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<p>I wrote:</p>
>Then you must ensure that active end-line characters exist at the
<p>>end of each line of the text of \poem. For example,<br>
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<p><tt>>{\obeylines</tt><tt><br>
</tt></p>
<p><tt>>\def\poem{%</tt></p>
<p><tt>> line one</tt><tt><br>
</tt></p>
<p><tt>> line two</tt></p>
<p><tt>>}</tt><tt><br>
</tt></p>
<tt>>}</tt>
<p>And then Philip Taylor wrote:</p>
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<p>>which may, of itself, cause problems, since the \def won't be global <br>
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<p>That's right. I meant to write \gdef, but it was somehow omitted from the posted version.<br>
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<p>Cheers,<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font face="Courier New" size="3">Daniel H. Luecking [luecking@uark.edu]
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Philip Taylor <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 21, 2016 1:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Daniel H. Luecking<br>
<b>Cc:</b> TeXhax<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [texhax] \hangindent issue</font>
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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>
<br>
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<p><tt>{\obeylines</tt><tt><br>
</tt></p>
<tt></tt>
<p><tt>\def\poem{%</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></p>
<tt></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></p>
<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></p>
<tt></tt>
<p><tt>\endgroup</tt><br>
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<p><br>
Philip Taylor<br>
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