% This macro source file is from the four volume series % "TeX in Practice" by Stephan von Bechtolsheim, published % 1993 by Springer-Verlag, New York. % Copyright 1993 Stephan von Bechtolsheim. % No warranty or liability is assumed. % This macro may be copied freely if no fees other than % media cost or shipping charges are charged and as long % as this copyright and the following source code itself % is not changed. Please see the series for further information. % % Version: 1.0 % Date: May 1, 1993 % % % This source code is documented in 11.4.6, p. II-85. % Original source in file "par2.TEX", starting line 1864. \wlog{L: "bletpar.tip" ["par2.TEX," l. 1864, p. II-85]}% % This file DOES belong to format "texip." \InputD{box-mac.tip} \catcode`\@ = 11 \newdimen\@BigLetDown \newdimen\@BigLetDimen \newcount\@BigLetCount \newbox\@BigLetBox \newdimen\BigLetSep \BigLetSep = 2pt \newdimen\BigLetH \BigLetH = 2pt \def\BigLetPar #1{% \par \setbox\@BigLetBox = \hbox{#1\hskip\BigLetSep}% \setbox\@BigLetBox = \vtop{% \dimen0 = \baselineskip \offinterlineskip \hbox{} \vskip -0.7\dimen0 \box\@BigLetBox \vbox to \BigLetH{} }% \@BigLetDimen = \dp\@BigLetBox \advance\@BigLetDimen by 0.7\baselineskip \advance\@BigLetDimen by 1.0\baselineskip \divide\@BigLetDimen by \baselineskip \@BigLetCount = \@BigLetDimen \dp\@BigLetBox = 0pt \hangafter = -\@BigLetCount \hangindent = \wd\@BigLetBox \noindent \hskip -\hangindent \box \@BigLetBox \ignorespaces } \catcode`\@ = 12