PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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MACRO A macro is a group of commands and text that you define as a unit. You
can refer to it repeatedly within the main body of your document, and you
can pass arguments to it so that its action can be dynamically altered. A
macro resembles a subroutine.
What to Enter
\MACRO macro-name
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BEGIN [ LOCAL var [‚ var ] ... ]
APPEND
DELETE
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commands and/or text
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[ \EXITMACRO | \RETURN ]
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commands and/or text
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\ENDMACRO [ macro-name ]
macro-name
is a name that represents a MACRO construct. A macro-name can be
no longer than 32 characters; it must begin with a letter; and the
remaining characters may be letters, numbers, and/or underscore (_)
characters. The name must be unique from all other macro and
command names.