🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <2378@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> darrell@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Darrell Long) writes:
>Hello.  I'm looking for a set of macros to do  small  type  foot-
>notes,  multi-column format, double spacing (without tweeking the
>footnotes) and macros to increase/decrease the point  size   (I'd
>like to say \bigger or \smaller)
>

The TeXbook describes one way to do multicolumn formatting, But I don't like
it. I wanted something that could do column balancing. So, here it is.
I warn you now that it is crude and designed for only one application, but
should be modifiable to whatever you like


\parskip=10pt plus 6pt minus 6pt
\hsize=3.2in
\vsize=17in
\topskip=0pt
%% 
%%  Define output routine
%% 
\output={%
    \shipout\vbox{
	\vbox to 36pt{
	    \hbox to 6.5in{\hbox{\firstmark}\hfil
		\hbox{\ifnum\pageno>0 \folio\fi}
	    }
	    \vfil
	}
	\splittopskip=\topskip
	\setbox254=\vbox{\unvbox255}
	\ifdim0.5\ht254>8.5in \dimen250=8.5in \else \dimen250=0.5\ht254 \fi
	\setbox253=\vsplit254 to \dimen250
	\vbox to \dimen250{%
	    \hbox{%
		\vtop to \dimen250{\unvbox253\ifnum\pageno=0 \vfil\fi}%
		\hbox to 0.1in{}%
		\vtop to \dimen250{\unvbox254\ifnum\pageno=0 \vfil\fi}%
	    }%
	    \vskip 0pt minus 10pt
	}
    }
    \global\advance\pageno by 1
}

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