Annotation of 42BSD/usr.lib/learn/macros/L15.1a, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: #print
                      2: Here's a new document.  In the file "Ascent" is a supposed memo.
                      3: It begins immediately with the text, but the paragraphs are
                      4: marked with ".PP" commands.  Add the initial material
                      5: as follows and run it of as a TM:
                      6:   Title: Ascending the Riffelberg
                      7:   Author: Mark Twain
                      8:   Author's address:  Hannibal, Mo.
                      9:   TM number: 75-1868-1
                     10:   Case number 39199
                     11:   File number: 39425-2
                     12:   Author's room number:  MH 2C-520
                     13:   Author's extension:  9876
                     14:   Abstract:
                     15:     Why climb Everest?
                     16:     Because it is there, said Mallory.
                     17:   Other keywords: Mountaineering
                     18:   Cover sheet numbers: just use 1 2 3 4 5 6 
                     19: OK?  You can still look at "decl" to see the format.
                     20: #create Ref
                     21: .TM 75-1868-1 39199 39425-2
                     22: .TL
                     23: Ascending the Riffelberg
                     24: .AU "MH 2C-520" 9876
                     25: Mark Twain
                     26: .AI
                     27: Hannibal, Mo.
                     28: .OK
                     29: Mountaineering
                     30: .AB
                     31: Why climb Everest?
                     32: Because it is there, said Mallory.
                     33: .AE
                     34: .CS 1 2 3 4 5 6
                     35: .PP
                     36: I sat silent some time, then turned to Harris and said:
                     37: ``My mind is made up.''
                     38: Something in my tone struck him; and when he glanced
                     39: at my eye and read what was written there, his face paled
                     40: perceptibly.  He hesitated a moment, then said:
                     41: ``Speak.''
                     42: I answered, with perfect calmness:
                     43: ``I WILL ASCEND THE RIFFELBERG.''
                     44: If I had shot my poor friend he could not have fallen from
                     45: his chair more suddenly.  If I had been his father he
                     46: could not have pleaded harder to get me to give up my
                     47: purpose.  But I turned a deaf ear to all he said.  When he
                     48: perceived at last that nothing could alter my determination,
                     49: he ceased to urge, and for a while the deep silence was broken only
                     50: by his sobs.  I sat in marble resolution, with my
                     51: eyes fixed upon vacancy, for in spirit I was already
                     52: wrestling with the perils of the mountains, and my friend sat
                     53: gazing at me in adoring admiration through his tears.  At
                     54: last he threw himself upon me in a loving embrace and
                     55: exclaimed in broken tones:
                     56: ``Your Harris will never desert you.  We will die together!''
                     57: I cheered the noble fellow with praises, and soon his fears
                     58: were forgotten and he was eager for the adventure.  He
                     59: wanted to summon the guides at once and leave at two in
                     60: the morning, as he supposed the custom was; but I explained that nobody
                     61: was looking at that hour; and that the start in the dark
                     62: was not usually made from the village but
                     63: from the first night's resting-place on the mountainside.  I
                     64: said we would leave the village at 3 or 4 p.m. on the morrow;
                     65: meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public
                     66: know of the attempt which we proposed to make.
                     67: .PP
                     68: I went to bed, but not to sleep.  No man can sleep when
                     69: he is about to undertake one of these Alpine exploits.  I
                     70: tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when
                     71: I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was
                     72: time to get up for dinner.  I rose, jaded and rusty, and went
                     73: to the noon meal, where I found myself the center of interest and
                     74: curiosity; for the news was already abroad.  It is not
                     75: easy to eat calmly when you are a lion, but it is very
                     76: pleasant, nevertheless.
                     77: .PP
                     78: As usual, at Zermatt, when a great ascent is about to be
                     79: undertaken, everybody, native and foreign, laid aside his
                     80: own projects and took up a good position to observe the
                     81: start.  The expedition consisted of 198 persons, including
                     82: the mules; or 205, including the cows.
                     83: .PP
                     84: It was full four o'clock in the afternoon before my cavalcade
                     85: was entirely ready.  At that hour it began to move.  In
                     86: point of numbers and spectacular effect, it was the most
                     87: imposing expedition that had ever marched from Zermatt.
                     88: .PP
                     89: I commanded the chief guide to arrange the men and
                     90: animals in single file, twelve feet apart, and lash them all
                     91: together on a strong rope.  He objected that the first two
                     92: miles was a dead level, with plenty of room, and that the
                     93: rope was never used except in very dangerous places.  But I
                     94: would not listen to that.  My reading had taught me that
                     95: many serious accidents had happened in the Alps simply
                     96: from not having the people tied up soon enough; I was not
                     97: going to add one to the list.  The guide then obeyed my
                     98: order.
                     99: .PP
                    100: When the procession stood at ease, roped together, and
                    101: ready to move, I never saw a finer sight.  It was 3,122 feet
                    102: long - over half a mile; every man but Harris and me was
                    103: on foot, and had on his green veil and his blue goggles, and
                    104: his white rag around his hat, and his coil of rope over one
                    105: shoulder and under the other, and his ice-ax in his belt,
                    106: and carried his Alpenstock in his left hand, his umbrella
                    107: (closed) in his right, and his crutches slung at his back.
                    108: .PP
                    109: The burdens of the pack-mules and the horns of the cows
                    110: were decked with the Edelweiss and the Alpine rose.
                    111: .PP
                    112: I and my agent were the only persons mounted.  We
                    113: were in the post of danger in the extreme rear, and tied
                    114: securely to five guides apiece.  Our armor-bearers carried our
                    115: ice-axes, Alpenstocks, and other implements for us.  We
                    116: were mounted upon very small donkeys, as a measure of
                    117: safety; in time of peril we could straighten our legs and
                    118: stand up, and let the donkey walk from under.  Still, I cannot
                    119: recommend this sort of animal - at least for excursions
                    120: of mere pleasure - because his ears interrupt the view.  I
                    121: and my agent possessed the regulation mountaineering costumes,
                    122: but concluded to leave them behind.  Out of respect
                    123: for the great numbers of tourists of both sexes who would
                    124: be assembled in front of the hotels to see us pass, and also
                    125: out of respect for the many tourists whom we expected to
                    126: encounter on our expedition, we decided to make the
                    127: ascent in evening dress.
                    128: .PP
                    129: At fifteen minutes past four I gave the command to
                    130: move, and my subordinates passed it along the line.  The
                    131: great crowd in front of the Monte Rosa hotel parted in
                    132: twain, with a cheer, as the procession approached; and as
                    133: the head of it was filing by I gave the order - unlimber -
                    134: make ready - hoist - and with one impulse up went my
                    135: half-mile of umbrellas.  It was a beautiful sight, and a total
                    136: surprise to the spectators.  Nothing like that had ever been
                    137: seen in the Alps before.  The applause it brought forth was
                    138: deeply gratifying to me, and I rode by with my plug hat in
                    139: my hand to testify my appreciation of it.  It was the only
                    140: testimony I could offer, for I was too full to speak.
                    141: #once #create Ascent
                    142: .PP
                    143: I sat silent some time, then turned to Harris and said:
                    144: ``My mind is made up.''
                    145: Something in my tone struck him; and when he glanced
                    146: at my eye and read what was written there, his face paled
                    147: perceptibly.  He hesitated a moment, then said:
                    148: ``Speak.''
                    149: I answered, with perfect calmness:
                    150: ``I WILL ASCEND THE RIFFELBERG.''
                    151: If I had shot my poor friend he could not have fallen from
                    152: his chair more suddenly.  If I had been his father he
                    153: could not have pleaded harder to get me to give up my
                    154: purpose.  But I turned a deaf ear to all he said.  When he
                    155: perceived at last that nothing could alter my determination,
                    156: he ceased to urge, and for a while the deep silence was broken only
                    157: by his sobs.  I sat in marble resolution, with my
                    158: eyes fixed upon vacancy, for in spirit I was already
                    159: wrestling with the perils of the mountains, and my friend sat
                    160: gazing at me in adoring admiration through his tears.  At
                    161: last he threw himself upon me in a loving embrace and
                    162: exclaimed in broken tones:
                    163: ``Your Harris will never desert you.  We will die together!''
                    164: I cheered the noble fellow with praises, and soon his fears
                    165: were forgotten and he was eager for the adventure.  He
                    166: wanted to summon the guides at once and leave at two in
                    167: the morning, as he supposed the custom was; but I explained that nobody
                    168: was looking at that hour; and that the start in the dark
                    169: was not usually made from the village but
                    170: from the first night's resting-place on the mountainside.  I
                    171: said we would leave the village at 3 or 4 p.m. on the morrow;
                    172: meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public
                    173: know of the attempt which we proposed to make.
                    174: .PP
                    175: I went to bed, but not to sleep.  No man can sleep when
                    176: he is about to undertake one of these Alpine exploits.  I
                    177: tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when
                    178: I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was
                    179: time to get up for dinner.  I rose, jaded and rusty, and went
                    180: to the noon meal, where I found myself the center of interest and
                    181: curiosity; for the news was already abroad.  It is not
                    182: easy to eat calmly when you are a lion, but it is very
                    183: pleasant, nevertheless.
                    184: .PP
                    185: As usual, at Zermatt, when a great ascent is about to be
                    186: undertaken, everybody, native and foreign, laid aside his
                    187: own projects and took up a good position to observe the
                    188: start.  The expedition consisted of 198 persons, including
                    189: the mules; or 205, including the cows.
                    190: .PP
                    191: It was full four o'clock in the afternoon before my cavalcade
                    192: was entirely ready.  At that hour it began to move.  In
                    193: point of numbers and spectacular effect, it was the most
                    194: imposing expedition that had ever marched from Zermatt.
                    195: .PP
                    196: I commanded the chief guide to arrange the men and
                    197: animals in single file, twelve feet apart, and lash them all
                    198: together on a strong rope.  He objected that the first two
                    199: miles was a dead level, with plenty of room, and that the
                    200: rope was never used except in very dangerous places.  But I
                    201: would not listen to that.  My reading had taught me that
                    202: many serious accidents had happened in the Alps simply
                    203: from not having the people tied up soon enough; I was not
                    204: going to add one to the list.  The guide then obeyed my
                    205: order.
                    206: .PP
                    207: When the procession stood at ease, roped together, and
                    208: ready to move, I never saw a finer sight.  It was 3,122 feet
                    209: long - over half a mile; every man but Harris and me was
                    210: on foot, and had on his green veil and his blue goggles, and
                    211: his white rag around his hat, and his coil of rope over one
                    212: shoulder and under the other, and his ice-ax in his belt,
                    213: and carried his Alpenstock in his left hand, his umbrella
                    214: (closed) in his right, and his crutches slung at his back.
                    215: .PP
                    216: The burdens of the pack-mules and the horns of the cows
                    217: were decked with the Edelweiss and the Alpine rose.
                    218: .PP
                    219: I and my agent were the only persons mounted.  We
                    220: were in the post of danger in the extreme rear, and tied
                    221: securely to five guides apiece.  Our armor-bearers carried our
                    222: ice-axes, Alpenstocks, and other implements for us.  We
                    223: were mounted upon very small donkeys, as a measure of
                    224: safety; in time of peril we could straighten our legs and
                    225: stand up, and let the donkey walk from under.  Still, I cannot
                    226: recommend this sort of animal - at least for excursions
                    227: of mere pleasure - because his ears interrupt the view.  I
                    228: and my agent possessed the regulation mountaineering costumes,
                    229: but concluded to leave them behind.  Out of respect
                    230: for the great numbers of tourists of both sexes who would
                    231: be assembled in front of the hotels to see us pass, and also
                    232: out of respect for the many tourists whom we expected to
                    233: encounter on our expedition, we decided to make the
                    234: ascent in evening dress.
                    235: .PP
                    236: At fifteen minutes past four I gave the command to
                    237: move, and my subordinates passed it along the line.  The
                    238: great crowd in front of the Monte Rosa hotel parted in
                    239: twain, with a cheer, as the procession approached; and as
                    240: the head of it was filing by I gave the order - unlimber -
                    241: make ready - hoist - and with one impulse up went my
                    242: half-mile of umbrellas.  It was a beautiful sight, and a total
                    243: surprise to the spectators.  Nothing like that had ever been
                    244: seen in the Alps before.  The applause it brought forth was
                    245: deeply gratifying to me, and I rode by with my plug hat in
                    246: my hand to testify my appreciation of it.  It was the only
                    247: testimony I could offer, for I was too full to speak.
                    248: #once nroff -ms Ref >X1 &
                    249: #create decl
                    250: .TM 75-1776-1 12345 12345
                    251: .ND July 4, 1776
                    252: .TL
                    253: Declaration of Independence
                    254: .AU "MH 2A-111" 1776
                    255: Thomas Jefferson
                    256: .AU "MH 2B-222" 1824
                    257: James Madison
                    258: .AI
                    259: The Continental Congress
                    260: Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
                    261: .OK
                    262: tyranny
                    263: democracy
                    264: .AB
                    265: This paper describes advances in scattering theory
                    266: of colonies from mother countries.
                    267: .AE
                    268: .PP
                    269: When in the course of human events, it becomes
                    270: necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
                    271: connected them with another, and to assume among the 
                    272: powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which
                    273: the laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent
                    274: respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
                    275: declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
                    276: .PP
                    277: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
                    278: are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator
                    279: with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty,
                    280: and the pursuit of happiness.  That to secure these rights,
                    281: governments are instituted among men, deriving their just
                    282: powers from the consent of the governed.  That whenever
                    283: any form of government becomes destructive of these ends,
                    284: it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and
                    285: to institute new government, laying its foundation on such
                    286: principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them
                    287: shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
                    288: #create script
                    289: 1,$-264d
                    290: w
                    291: q
                    292: #copyout
                    293: #user
                    294: #uncopyout
                    295: e - .ocopy <script
                    296: #cmp X1 .ocopy
                    297: #fail
                    298: Sorry, that wasn't right.
                    299: 
                    300: To see exactly what you are doing, after
                    301: making your insertions, compare the file
                    302: with file "Ref" using "diff".
                    303: 
                    304: OK, maybe you'll get a chance to do it over:
                    305: 
                    306: #log

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