Q: \time command?

[Andreas Hadjiprocopis]

Hello texhackers,

I was wondering whether the \today command may be adjusted so as to
give me the current time as well (e.g. the time the document was
formatted with latex)

many thanks,

Andreas Hadjiprocopis                         livantes at soi.city.ac.uk
Computer Science Department    www.soi.city.ac.uk/~livantes/home.html

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Hartmut Henkel wrote:

> Dear Roger,
> 
> with inspiration from Salomon's Advanced TeXBook I found the following:
> 
> {\obeylines
>   \gdef\aaa#1=#2\endblk{
>     \hbox to 140pt{
>       \vtop{\hsize=50pt
>         \parindent=0pt
>         #1}
>       \hss
>       \vtop{\hsize=90pt
>         \parindent=0pt
>         \let^^M\space
>         #2}}
>     \endblk
>   }
> }
> 
> \def\startblk{\hrule\bgroup\obeylines\aaa}
> \def\endblk{\egroup\hrule}
> 
> \startblk
>   Hello
>   You
>   out there
>   in a
>   Stack!
> =
>   Hello
>   You
>   out
>   there
>   in a
>   Paragraph!
> \endblk
> 
> \bye
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Hartmut
> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Roger Gawley wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone help? I am trying to format a document using plain TeX. There
> > any many instances of a structure like this:
> >
> >    Concertina Workshop                         Now out of print but
> >    Tutor for the English Concertina            excellent if you can
> >    by Alistair Anderson                        get it. Folk oriented.
> >    Topic Records Ltd                           Accompanying record
> >    50 Stroud Green Road                        used to be available, but
> >    London N4 3EF                               not necessary.(Authorised)
> >    England                                     photocopies available from
> >                                                Andy's Front Hall,
> >                                                Voorheesville, NY
> >
> > I have tried to adapt a macro that I have used for addresses for years
> > (if you are the long-forgotten contibutor of this macro, many thanks)
> >
> > \def\address#1=#2={\hbox{\hsize3truein\vtop{#1}\hfil\vtop{#2}}\bigskip}
> > {\obeylines
> > \address
> > Tony Young
> > Mowbray House
> > Crook
> > Co. Durham
> > DL15 9JG
> > =
> > Roger Gawley
> > 17 Dryburn Road
> > Durham
> > DH1 5AJ
> > =
> > }% stop obeying lines
> >
> > But I really want lines to be obeyed in the lefthand box, #1, but not in
> > the righthand, #2, box. It seems that \obeylines is more subtle than I
> > though because no ammount of moving it around seems to produce what I am
> > after.
> >
> > Can anyone spot what I am missing, or more positively, tell me how to get
> > the effect I am after?
> >
> >
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