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% This macro file is for business letters

\def\today{\ifcase\month\or
  January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
  July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
  \space\number\day, \number\year}
\def\narrower{\advance\leftskip by 20pt \advance\rightskip by 20pt }

\raggedbottom
\interlinepenalty=1000
\hsize=6.25truein \voffset=24pt \advance\vsize by-\voffset
\parindent=0pt \parskip=0pt
\nopagenumbers
\headline={\ifnum\pageno>1
  \tenrm To \addressee\hfil\today\hfil Page \folio
  \else\hfil\fi}

\def\beginlinemode{\endmode
  \begingroup\obeylines\def\endmode{\par\endgroup}}
\def\beginparmode{\endmode
  \begingroup\parskip=\medskipamount \def\endmode{\par\endgroup}}
\let\endmode=\par
\def\endletter{\endmode\vfill\supereject \pageno=1 }

\newdimen\longindentation \longindentation=4truein
\newbox\theaddress
\def\address{\beginlinemode\getaddress}
{\obeylines\gdef\getaddress#1
  #2
  {\gdef\addressee{#2\unskip}%
    \global\setbox\theaddress=\vbox\bgroup\raggedright%
    \hsize=\longindentation \everypar{\hangindent2em}#2
    \def\endmode{\egroup\endgroup \copy\theaddress \bigskip}}}

\def\body{\beginparmode}
\def\closing{\beginlinemode\getclosing}
{\obeylines\gdef\getclosing #1
  #2
  {\nobreak\bigskip \leftskip=\longindentation #2
    \nobreak\bigskip\bigskip\bigskip % space for signature
    \def
    {\endgraf\nobreak}}}
\def\annotations{\beginlinemode\def\par{\endgraf\nobreak}\obeylines\par}
\def\ps{\beginparmode\nobreak
  \interlinepenalty5000\def\par{\endgraf\penalty5000}}
\def\cc{\beginparmode\nobreak
  \interlinepenalty5000\def\par{\endgraf\penalty5000}}

\def\up#1{\leavevmode \raise.16ex\hbox{#1}}
\font\smallheadfont=cmr8 at 8truept
\font\largeheadfont=cmbx10 at 14.4truept
\font\logofont=stan70 at 70truept
\def\stanfordseal{\vbox{\kern-3truept\hbox{\logofont A}\kern-3truept}}

\def\csdreturn{Computer Science Department\par \stanfordreturn}
\def\stanfordreturn{Stanford University\par
    Stanford, CA 94305\kern.5pt-21\kern-.5pt40 USA\par}
\def\letterhead{\pageno=1 \univletterhead
  {\leftskip=\longindentation
    {\baselineskip9truept\smallheadfont\sendingaddress}
    \bigskip\bigskip\rm\today\bigskip}}
\def\specrule#1{\nointerlineskip
  \line{\hbox to 60truept{\hrulefill
      \hphantom{\stanfordseal\kern-#1truept}%
    \hrulefill}\hrulefill}\nointerlineskip}
\def\univletterhead{\vglue-34pt
  \specrule{11}\vskip8truept
  \hbox{\hbox to\longindentation{\smash{\hbox to60truept{\hfil\kern2.5truept
        \lower10truept\stanfordseal\hfil}}%
      \largeheadfont STANFORD UNIVERSITY\hfil}%
    \smallheadfont STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305\kern.5pt-21\kern-.5pt40}
  \vskip6truept\specrule{17}\vskip13truept }

\def\deklet{
  \def\sendingaddress{DONALD E. KNUTH\par
    Professor Emeritus of The Art of\par
    \qquad Computer Programming\par
    Department of Computer Science\par
    Telephone \up[415\up]\thinspace 723-4367\par}
  \def\returnaddress{Prof.~D. E. Knuth\par \csdreturn}
  \letterhead}

\def\memoto{\beginlinemode\parindent=60truept
  \everypar{\hangindent70truept}\startmemo}
\def\bigmemoto{\beginlinemode\parindent=60pt % use this for magstep>1!
  \everypar{\hangindent70pt}\startmemo}
\def\textin#1{\noindent\hbox to\parindent{#1\hss}\ignorespaces}
{\obeylines\gdef\startmemo #1
  {\gdef\addressee{#1}%
  \global\pageno=1 \vglue-34pt\specrule{11}\vskip8truept
  \leftline{\smash{\hbox to60truept{\hfil\kern2.5truept
        \lower10truept\stanfordseal\hfil}}%
    \largeheadfont Stanford Computer Science Department %
    \rm\today}%
  \vskip6truept\specrule{20}\bigskip\bigskip\bigskip%
  \textin{Memo to:}#1
  \def\endmode{\par\endgroup\bigskip}}
  \gdef\from #1
  {\smallskip\textin{From:}#1
  }
  \gdef\subject #1
  {\smallskip\textin{Subject:}#1
  }
}

\def\makelabel{\endletter\hbox{\vrule
    \vbox{\hrule \kern6truept
      \hbox{\kern6truept\stanfordseal\kern3pt
          \vbox{\smallheadfont\baselineskip9truept\hsize=2truein\returnaddress}
        \kern6truept}\kern6truept\hrule}\vrule}
  \kern.1truein
  \hbox{\vrule
    \vbox{\hrule \kern12truept
      \hbox{\kern12truept\copy\theaddress
        \kern12truept}\kern12truept\hrule}\vrule}
  \pageno=0\vfill\eject}

\def\frac#1/#2{\leavemode\kern.1em\raise.5ex\hbox{\the\scriptfont0 
 #1}\kern-.1em/\kern-.15em\lower.25ex\hbox{\the\scriptfont0 #2}}

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