+#print
+Here's a new document. In the file "Ascent" is a supposed memo.
+It begins immediately with the text, but the paragraphs are
+marked with ".PP" commands. Add the initial material
+as follows and run it of as a TM:
+ Title: Ascending the Riffelberg
+ Author: Mark Twain
+ Author's address: Hannibal, Mo.
+ TM number: 75-1868-1
+ Case number 39199
+ File number: 39425-2
+ Author's room number: MH 2C-520
+ Author's extension: 9876
+ Abstract:
+ Why climb Everest?
+ Because it is there, said Mallory.
+ Other keywords: Mountaineering
+ Cover sheet numbers: just use 1 2 3 4 5 6
+OK? You can still look at "decl" to see the format.
+#create Ref
+.TM 75-1868-1 39199 39425-2
+.TL
+Ascending the Riffelberg
+.AU "MH 2C-520" 9876
+Mark Twain
+.AI
+Hannibal, Mo.
+.OK
+Mountaineering
+.AB
+Why climb Everest?
+Because it is there, said Mallory.
+.AE
+.CS 1 2 3 4 5 6
+.PP
+I sat silent some time, then turned to Harris and said:
+``My mind is made up.''
+Something in my tone struck him; and when he glanced
+at my eye and read what was written there, his face paled
+perceptibly. He hesitated a moment, then said:
+``Speak.''
+I answered, with perfect calmness:
+``I WILL ASCEND THE RIFFELBERG.''
+If I had shot my poor friend he could not have fallen from
+his chair more suddenly. If I had been his father he
+could not have pleaded harder to get me to give up my
+purpose. But I turned a deaf ear to all he said. When he
+perceived at last that nothing could alter my determination,
+he ceased to urge, and for a while the deep silence was broken only
+by his sobs. I sat in marble resolution, with my
+eyes fixed upon vacancy, for in spirit I was already
+wrestling with the perils of the mountains, and my friend sat
+gazing at me in adoring admiration through his tears. At
+last he threw himself upon me in a loving embrace and
+exclaimed in broken tones:
+``Your Harris will never desert you. We will die together!''
+I cheered the noble fellow with praises, and soon his fears
+were forgotten and he was eager for the adventure. He
+wanted to summon the guides at once and leave at two in
+the morning, as he supposed the custom was; but I explained that nobody
+was looking at that hour; and that the start in the dark
+was not usually made from the village but
+from the first night's resting-place on the mountainside. I
+said we would leave the village at 3 or 4 p.m. on the morrow;
+meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public
+know of the attempt which we proposed to make.
+.PP
+I went to bed, but not to sleep. No man can sleep when
+he is about to undertake one of these Alpine exploits. I
+tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when
+I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was
+time to get up for dinner. I rose, jaded and rusty, and went
+to the noon meal, where I found myself the center of interest and
+curiosity; for the news was already abroad. It is not
+easy to eat calmly when you are a lion, but it is very
+pleasant, nevertheless.
+.PP
+As usual, at Zermatt, when a great ascent is about to be
+undertaken, everybody, native and foreign, laid aside his
+own projects and took up a good position to observe the
+start. The expedition consisted of 198 persons, including
+the mules; or 205, including the cows.
+.PP
+It was full four o'clock in the afternoon before my cavalcade
+was entirely ready. At that hour it began to move. In
+point of numbers and spectacular effect, it was the most
+imposing expedition that had ever marched from Zermatt.
+.PP
+I commanded the chief guide to arrange the men and
+animals in single file, twelve feet apart, and lash them all
+together on a strong rope. He objected that the first two
+miles was a dead level, with plenty of room, and that the
+rope was never used except in very dangerous places. But I
+would not listen to that. My reading had taught me that
+many serious accidents had happened in the Alps simply
+from not having the people tied up soon enough; I was not
+going to add one to the list. The guide then obeyed my
+order.
+.PP
+When the procession stood at ease, roped together, and
+ready to move, I never saw a finer sight. It was 3,122 feet
+long - over half a mile; every man but Harris and me was
+on foot, and had on his green veil and his blue goggles, and
+his white rag around his hat, and his coil of rope over one
+shoulder and under the other, and his ice-ax in his belt,
+and carried his Alpenstock in his left hand, his umbrella
+(closed) in his right, and his crutches slung at his back.
+.PP
+The burdens of the pack-mules and the horns of the cows
+were decked with the Edelweiss and the Alpine rose.
+.PP
+I and my agent were the only persons mounted. We
+were in the post of danger in the extreme rear, and tied
+securely to five guides apiece. Our armor-bearers carried our
+ice-axes, Alpenstocks, and other implements for us. We
+were mounted upon very small donkeys, as a measure of
+safety; in time of peril we could straighten our legs and
+stand up, and let the donkey walk from under. Still, I cannot
+recommend this sort of animal - at least for excursions
+of mere pleasure - because his ears interrupt the view. I
+and my agent possessed the regulation mountaineering costumes,
+but concluded to leave them behind. Out of respect
+for the great numbers of tourists of both sexes who would
+be assembled in front of the hotels to see us pass, and also
+out of respect for the many tourists whom we expected to
+encounter on our expedition, we decided to make the
+ascent in evening dress.
+.PP
+At fifteen minutes past four I gave the command to
+move, and my subordinates passed it along the line. The
+great crowd in front of the Monte Rosa hotel parted in
+twain, with a cheer, as the procession approached; and as
+the head of it was filing by I gave the order - unlimber -
+make ready - hoist - and with one impulse up went my
+half-mile of umbrellas. It was a beautiful sight, and a total
+surprise to the spectators. Nothing like that had ever been
+seen in the Alps before. The applause it brought forth was
+deeply gratifying to me, and I rode by with my plug hat in
+my hand to testify my appreciation of it. It was the only
+testimony I could offer, for I was too full to speak.
+#once #create Ascent
+.PP
+I sat silent some time, then turned to Harris and said:
+``My mind is made up.''
+Something in my tone struck him; and when he glanced
+at my eye and read what was written there, his face paled
+perceptibly. He hesitated a moment, then said:
+``Speak.''
+I answered, with perfect calmness:
+``I WILL ASCEND THE RIFFELBERG.''
+If I had shot my poor friend he could not have fallen from
+his chair more suddenly. If I had been his father he
+could not have pleaded harder to get me to give up my
+purpose. But I turned a deaf ear to all he said. When he
+perceived at last that nothing could alter my determination,
+he ceased to urge, and for a while the deep silence was broken only
+by his sobs. I sat in marble resolution, with my
+eyes fixed upon vacancy, for in spirit I was already
+wrestling with the perils of the mountains, and my friend sat
+gazing at me in adoring admiration through his tears. At
+last he threw himself upon me in a loving embrace and
+exclaimed in broken tones:
+``Your Harris will never desert you. We will die together!''
+I cheered the noble fellow with praises, and soon his fears
+were forgotten and he was eager for the adventure. He
+wanted to summon the guides at once and leave at two in
+the morning, as he supposed the custom was; but I explained that nobody
+was looking at that hour; and that the start in the dark
+was not usually made from the village but
+from the first night's resting-place on the mountainside. I
+said we would leave the village at 3 or 4 p.m. on the morrow;
+meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public
+know of the attempt which we proposed to make.
+.PP
+I went to bed, but not to sleep. No man can sleep when
+he is about to undertake one of these Alpine exploits. I
+tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when
+I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was
+time to get up for dinner. I rose, jaded and rusty, and went
+to the noon meal, where I found myself the center of interest and
+curiosity; for the news was already abroad. It is not
+easy to eat calmly when you are a lion, but it is very
+pleasant, nevertheless.
+.PP
+As usual, at Zermatt, when a great ascent is about to be
+undertaken, everybody, native and foreign, laid aside his
+own projects and took up a good position to observe the
+start. The expedition consisted of 198 persons, including
+the mules; or 205, including the cows.
+.PP
+It was full four o'clock in the afternoon before my cavalcade
+was entirely ready. At that hour it began to move. In
+point of numbers and spectacular effect, it was the most
+imposing expedition that had ever marched from Zermatt.
+.PP
+I commanded the chief guide to arrange the men and
+animals in single file, twelve feet apart, and lash them all
+together on a strong rope. He objected that the first two
+miles was a dead level, with plenty of room, and that the
+rope was never used except in very dangerous places. But I
+would not listen to that. My reading had taught me that
+many serious accidents had happened in the Alps simply
+from not having the people tied up soon enough; I was not
+going to add one to the list. The guide then obeyed my
+order.
+.PP
+When the procession stood at ease, roped together, and
+ready to move, I never saw a finer sight. It was 3,122 feet
+long - over half a mile; every man but Harris and me was
+on foot, and had on his green veil and his blue goggles, and
+his white rag around his hat, and his coil of rope over one
+shoulder and under the other, and his ice-ax in his belt,
+and carried his Alpenstock in his left hand, his umbrella
+(closed) in his right, and his crutches slung at his back.
+.PP
+The burdens of the pack-mules and the horns of the cows
+were decked with the Edelweiss and the Alpine rose.
+.PP
+I and my agent were the only persons mounted. We
+were in the post of danger in the extreme rear, and tied
+securely to five guides apiece. Our armor-bearers carried our
+ice-axes, Alpenstocks, and other implements for us. We
+were mounted upon very small donkeys, as a measure of
+safety; in time of peril we could straighten our legs and
+stand up, and let the donkey walk from under. Still, I cannot
+recommend this sort of animal - at least for excursions
+of mere pleasure - because his ears interrupt the view. I
+and my agent possessed the regulation mountaineering costumes,
+but concluded to leave them behind. Out of respect
+for the great numbers of tourists of both sexes who would
+be assembled in front of the hotels to see us pass, and also
+out of respect for the many tourists whom we expected to
+encounter on our expedition, we decided to make the
+ascent in evening dress.
+.PP
+At fifteen minutes past four I gave the command to
+move, and my subordinates passed it along the line. The
+great crowd in front of the Monte Rosa hotel parted in
+twain, with a cheer, as the procession approached; and as
+the head of it was filing by I gave the order - unlimber -
+make ready - hoist - and with one impulse up went my
+half-mile of umbrellas. It was a beautiful sight, and a total
+surprise to the spectators. Nothing like that had ever been
+seen in the Alps before. The applause it brought forth was
+deeply gratifying to me, and I rode by with my plug hat in
+my hand to testify my appreciation of it. It was the only
+testimony I could offer, for I was too full to speak.
+#once nroff -ms Ref >X1 &
+#create decl
+.TM 75-1776-1 12345 12345
+.ND July 4, 1776
+.TL
+Declaration of Independence
+.AU "MH 2A-111" 1776
+Thomas Jefferson
+.AU "MH 2B-222" 1824
+James Madison
+.AI
+The Continental Congress
+Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
+.OK
+tyranny
+democracy
+.AB
+This paper describes advances in scattering theory
+of colonies from mother countries.
+.AE
+.PP
+When in the course of human events, it becomes
+necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
+connected them with another, and to assume among the
+powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which
+the laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent
+respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
+declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
+.PP
+We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
+are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator
+with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty,
+and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights,
+governments are instituted among men, deriving their just
+powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever
+any form of government becomes destructive of these ends,
+it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and
+to institute new government, laying its foundation on such
+principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them
+shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
+#create script
+1,$-264d
+w
+q
+#copyout
+#user
+#uncopyout
+e - .ocopy <script
+#cmp X1 .ocopy
+#fail
+Sorry, that wasn't right.
+
+To see exactly what you are doing, after
+making your insertions, compare the file
+with file "Ref" using "diff".
+
+OK, maybe you'll get a chance to do it over:
+
+#log
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