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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 |