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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">David Carlisle wrote:<br>

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cite="mid:CAEW6iOiTEkOoASt=9O_R6Wneex+9wF7ZAaTAcWA3SHMtWxjfvg@mail.gmail.com">yes

      although I don't think there is or was any particular convention

      to use 16.<br>

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    DEK makes specific reference to it in <i>The TeXbook</i> :<br>

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    <blockquote type="cite">An `|\immediate\write16|'

      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;

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        from ^|\message| in that |\write| prints the text on a line by

        itself;</p>

      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;

        margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">the

        results of several |\message| commands might appear on the same

        line,</p>

      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;

        margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">separated

        by spaces.</p>

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    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>

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      Philip Taylor</div>

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