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authorIan Jauslin <ian.jauslin@roma1.infn.it>2015-10-16 21:42:07 +0000
committerIan Jauslin <ian.jauslin@roma1.infn.it>2015-10-16 21:42:07 +0000
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+%%
+%% A collection of useful commands
+%%
+
+%% can call commands even when they are not defined
+\def\safe#1{%
+\ifdefined#1%
+#1%
+\else%
+{\color{red}\bf?}%
+\fi%
+}
+
+
+%% larger skip
+\newskip\hugeskipamount
+ \hugeskipamount=24pt plus8pt minus8pt
+\def\hugeskip{\vskip\hugeskipamount}
+
+
+%% penalty before large blocks
+\def\preblock{
+ \penalty-500
+}
+
+%% listparpenalty prevents page breaks before lists
+\newcount\prevparpenalty
+\def\listparpenalty{
+ \prevparpenalty=\@beginparpenalty
+ \@beginparpenalty=10000
+}
+%% back to previous value
+\def\unlistparpenalty{
+ \@beginparpenalty=\prevparpenalty
+}
+
+%% stack relations in subscript or superscript
+\def\mAthop#1{\displaystyle\mathop{\scriptstyle #1}}
+
+%% array spanning the entire line
+\newlength\largearray@width
+\setlength\largearray@width\textwidth
+\addtolength\largearray@width{-10pt}
+\def\largearray{\begin{array}{@{}>{\displaystyle}l@{}}\hphantom{\hspace{\largearray@width}}\\[-.5cm]}
+\def\endlargearray{\end{array}}
+