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Re: TeX macro for Nuclear Physics symbols (bug patch)

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From: Triantaphyllos Byron Rakitzis
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1989 05:19
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In article <5652@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes:
>Aigh!  Bug patch.  I shouldn't have used \count0 outside of grouping,
>since it messes up the page number.  (Thud thud.  Sound of head banging
>against desk.)  It's safe to use it, though, since the output routine
>will not get activated while \count0 contains a funny value.
>

Hey, Ray, why didn't you use \newcount, or whatever the sequence is
which assigns you a new register. You didn't have to use count0, you
know. There are only 255 more count registers at your disposal.

Cheers.

-- 
"I've found it much easier on my ulcer to stop trying to clean out the Augean
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				Chuq Von Rospach
Byron Rakitzis. (tbrakitz@phoenix.princeton.edu ---- tbrakitz@pucc.bitnet)
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From: tbrakitz@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Triantaphyllos Byron Rakitzis)
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Subject: Re: TeX macro for Nuclear Physics symbols (bug patch)
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