\def\fileversion{8}
\def\filedate{1994/04/15}
\def\docdate {1994/01/15}
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%% File: labels.dtx Copyright (C) 1994 Sebastian Rahtz
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%  This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
%  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
%  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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\documentclass{ltxdoc}
\begin{document}
 \title{A package for making sticky labels\LaTeX\thanks{This file
        has version number \fileversion, last
        revised \filedate.}}
 \author{Sebastian Rahtz \and Leonor Barroca}
 \date{\filedate}
 \maketitle
 \tableofcontents
 \DocInput{labels.dtx}
 \end{document}
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% \fi
% \CheckSum{284}
% \begin{abstract}
% A \LaTeX\ style to print
% a regular grid of  labels on a page, suitable for sheets of labels
% which can be fed through a laser printer. Macros are provided to
% allow easy input of names and addresses in a form free of \TeX\ markup.
% \end{abstract}
%
% \section{Usage}
% This style file was written to print labels from the shop around the
% corner from me. These have 8 rows and 3 columns on a sheet of A4
% paper. Your labels will very likely be different.
% So first you have to tailor this file to your particular type of label.
% Edit the lines below  which look like this:
%  \begin{verbatim}
%   \LabelCols=3
%   \LabelRows=8
%  \end{verbatim}
% to reflect {\em your}
% grid (maybe you have only two columns of ten labels each, for
% instance). 
% Now make sure that your printer driver prints the page
% {\em exactly} as it should in vanilla \TeX, ie with the origin of
% the page down 1in and right 1in from the top left hand corner of the
% paper. If it doesn't, adjust your driver parameters, or edit the
% settings below where I take 1in off the margins. The most likely
% problem with these macros is that you will have contents which are
% quite wide, and which therefore need to use the very edges of the
% paper, on which your printer may not write correctly. Little one can
% do about this --- use a small point size.
%
% The simplest form of input is very
% easy, as in the following example:
% \begin{verbatim}
%   \documentstyle{labels}
%   \begin{document}
%   \begin{labels}
%   \input names.dat
%   \end{labels}
%   \end{document}
% \end{verbatim}
% where {\ttfamily names.dat} contains names and address in plain format 
% with simply a blank line between entries.  You can, of course, just
% have  the names and addresses in the main file, rather than using
% \verb|\input| to include them. If the file ends in blank lines, 
% expect problems --- sorry! Use your editor\ldots
% 
% But there are also other ways off accessing the same system:
% \begin{enumerate}
% \item by having entries like this:
%   \begin{verbatim}
%      \addresslabel{me\\
%      here and there\\
%      england\\
%      }
%   \end{verbatim}
% {\em without} the {\ttfamily labels} environment.
% \item if you have labels in the simple format in a file,
%    just write  a {\ttfamily .tex} file like this:
%  \begin{verbatim}
%    \documentstyle{labels}
%    \begin{document}
%    \labelfile{filename}
%    \end{document}
%  \end{verbatim}
% and all will be done for you.
% \item if you want to {\em duplicate} the label, there is a counter called
% \verb|\numberoflabels| which you can set, so
% \begin{verbatim}
%   \numberoflabels=4
%   \addresslabel{Me \\my street \\ mytown \\ England}
% \end{verbatim}
% will print the address 4 times in a row
% \item For more sophisticated users, there is a macro
% \verb|\genericlabel| which you can call,
% with an argument of whatever you want to appear on the label (eg for
% disk labels etc). Thus you could have
%   \begin{verbatim}
%   \genericlabel{%
%   \begin{tabular}{c}
%   \hline
%   My Amazing Program\\
%   \hline
%   Disk 1 of 1
%   \hline
%   \em We aim to serve\\
%   \end{tabular}
%   }
%   \end{verbatim}
%to produce a label like this:
%\begin{verbatim}
%|------------------|
%|My Amazing Program|
%|------------------|
%|Disk 1 of 1       |
%|------------------|
%|We aim to serve   |
%\end{verbatim}
% \end{enumerate}
% In all modes, you can opt for a frame around each label by setting a
% Boolean variable called `framedlabels' eg
%\begin{verbatim}
% \framedlabelstrue
%\end{verbatim}
%By default you get no frames ---  I am not sure when you {\em would}
%want frames, but who knows. 
% \StopEventually
% \section{The utility macros}
% First of all, identify what is happening.
%<*class>
%    \begin{macrocode}
\ProvidesClass{labels}[\filedate\space\fileversion]
%    \end{macrocode}
% Now take a copy all of `article' style to start with, just in  case
% any of it is needed (probably not, but you never know).
%    \begin{macrocode}
\LoadClass{article}
%    \end{macrocode}
% We will be recording the size of a label, and the dimensions of the
% grid, so set up variables accordingly.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newdimen\label@width
\newdimen\label@height
\newcount\LabelCols
\newcount\LabelRows
\newdimen\left@border
\newdimen\top@border
\newdimen\half@label
\newdimen\area@width
\newsavebox{\this@label}
\newcount\label@number
\newcount\numberoflabels
\newcount\skip@labels
\newcount\l@so@far
\newif\ifframedlabels
\newif\iffirst@label
\first@labeltrue
\framedlabelsfalse
%    \end{macrocode}
% The user will probably need to change the following values to
% reflect the style of labels in use.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\LabelCols=3
\LabelRows=8
%    \end{macrocode}
% Variables are provided to allow you to force a border on the left edge
% of labels, in case you do not want to print right to the edge, and
% at the top; these values will affect every label, of course, so you
% may need to experiment to get pleasing results.
% 8mm is the amount my LaserJetIII seems to ignore on the left.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\left@border=8mm
\top@border=4mm
%    \end{macrocode}
% We need to reset all the dimensions appropriately for an A4 page of labels,
% and the printer will need to know about A4 as well. Obviously if you
% use a different page size, you will need to alter things here.
% Some of these changes may be printer dependent.
% This should all mean we are actually dealing with the whole bit of paper.
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\textwidth=210mm
\textheight=297mm
\topmargin=-1in
\headheight=0em
\headsep=0em
\topskip=0em
\footskip=0em
\oddsidemargin=-1in
\evensidemargin=-1in
\pagestyle{empty}
\parindent=0em
\parskip=0pt
%    \end{macrocode}
% Now calculate the size of labels simply as a proportion of the page
% size (if you haven't got that right, this won't work, will it?).
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\LabelSetup{
\label@width\textwidth\divide\label@width by\LabelCols
\label@height\textheight\divide\label@height by\LabelRows
\typeout{Creating labels sized \the\label@width\space by \the\label@height}%
\label@number=1
%    \end{macrocode}
% It is not usually advisable to make the label printing go right to
% the edge of the available area, so `area@width' gives
% the area that will actually be used for printing; the width is
% cut down by whatever we gave as `left@border'. It can always be set to 0
% if you have a design that uses the whole label.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\area@width=\label@width%
\advance\area@width by -\left@border%
\half@label=\label@height\divide\half@label by 2
\advance\half@label by -\top@border
}
\LabelSetup
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% We might want to print the same label  several times,
% so \verb|\sticky@label| will repeat \verb|\make@label| a 
% specified number of times (\verb|\numberoflabels|)
%    \begin{macrocode}
\numberoflabels=1%
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\sticky@label{\l@so@far=0%
\loop\ifnum\l@so@far<\numberoflabels\advance\l@so@far by 1\make@label%
\repeat}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% The real label-making macro, 
% which assumes the actual text is in a box called \verb|\this@label|.
% It is vital to make sure spaces are not included at the end of lines in
% these macros, or all hell breaks loose. 
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\make@label{%
\ifframedlabels%
\let\boxing@type\framebox%
\else%
\let\boxing@type\makebox%
\fi%
\boxing@type[\label@width][c]{%
\rule{0pt}{\label@height}% 
%    \end{macrocode}
% We set a position to half-way up a strut of the height of the label, so
% forcing text to be the right height and vertically centred. 
%    \begin{macrocode}
\raisebox{\half@label}[0pt][0pt]{%
\rule{\left@border}{0pt}\usebox{\this@label}}}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% We only start a new line if we have printed a row of
% \verb|\LabelCols| labels
%    \begin{macrocode}
\ifnum\label@number=\LabelCols%
\message{|}%
\endgraf\nointerlineskip%
\global\label@number=1\else\global\advance\label@number by 1\fi%
}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Now some macros to allow `verbatim' names and addresses separated by blank
% lines. First we need some hackery from Phil Taylor to redefine end of line;
% define carriage-return to check what the next token is;
% if its another \verb|^M| then we have a blank line.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\catcode `\^^M = \active
\def ^^M{\futurelet\nexttoken\isitapar}%
\def\isitapar{\ifx^^M\nexttoken\let\action=\new@label%
\else\let\action\start@newline\fi\action}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% If we have met a blank line, finish current label and
% start a new one. swallow pending \verb|^M|, or we will have
% a blank line at the start of each label
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\new@label{\message{+}\end@@label\start@@label\@gobble}%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Otherwise just start a new line
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\start@newline{\expandafter\newline}%
\def\startingtoken{\ifx^^M\firsttoken\let\action=\@gobble\else%
\let\action=\relax\fi\action}%
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% Re-instate the original catcode for carriage-return
%    \begin{macrocode}
\catcode `\^^M = 5\relax%
%    \end{macrocode}
% Define macros to call at beginning and end of labels, to set
% things up properly.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\start@@label{%
\savebox{\this@label}\bgroup\raggedright%
\begin{minipage}{\area@width}%
\catcode `\^^M =\active}%
\def\end@@label{%
\end{minipage}\egroup\sticky@label}%
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% \section{User macros}
% The basic case is a generic macro which takes its argument and puts 
% it out on a label. 
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\genericlabel#1{%
\iffirst@label\ifframedlabels%
\advance\label@height by-2\fboxsep%
\advance\label@height by-2\fboxrule%
\half@label\label@height\divide\half@label by 2
\advance\half@label by -\top@border%
\first@labelfalse%
\fi\fi%
\savebox{\this@label}{#1}\sticky@label\@gobblecr}
%    \end{macrocode}
% For compatibility with an old label style, lines ending in \verb|//|
% and marked with \verb|\addresslabel{....}|
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\addresslabel#1{\genericlabel{%
\begin{tabular}{l}#1\end{tabular}}}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% Now easier environments for verbatim labels.
% If we want framed labels, we need to adjust the width available
% to use to allow for the rule width and the gap between box and rule, 
% in both axes.
% This is doubled up, as it happens on both sides / bottoms.
% We have to check in case the first \verb|\begin{labels}| has a
% \verb|^^M| after it or (preferably) is terminated by a \verb|%|
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newenvironment{labels}%
{%
\iffirst@label\ifframedlabels%
\advance\area@width by-2\fboxsep%
\advance\area@width by-2\fboxrule%
\advance\label@height by-2\fboxsep%
\advance\label@height by-2\fboxrule%
\half@label\label@height\divide\half@label by 2
\advance\half@label by -\top@border%
\first@labelfalse%
\fi\fi%
\start@@label\futurelet\firsttoken\startingtoken}%
{\end@@label}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% Even more foolproof: simply take a parameter of file name
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\labelfile#1{\begin{labels}\input#1\end{labels}}
%    \end{macrocode}
% or prompt for it:
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\promptlabels{\typein[\labelfilename]{What is the name of the
label file?}
\labelfile{\labelfilename}}
\newcount\sk@pped
\def\skiplabels#1{\sk@pped=#1%
\savebox{\this@label}{\rule{0pt}{.5in}}%
\skip@labels=0
\loop\ifnum\skip@labels<\sk@pped\advance\skip@labels by 1
\message{x}\make@label
\repeat}
%</class>
%    \end{macrocode}
%    \begin{macrocode}
%<*style>
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\@obsoletefile{labels.cls}{labels.sty}
\LoadClass{labels}
%</style>
%    \end{macrocode}
% \section{History and acknowledgements}
% \begin{itemize}
% \item v.1 May 9th 1989 simply allowed 
% for |\addresslabel{... \\ ...\\...}|
% \item v.2 July 15th permitted verbatim style with no explicit end of lines
% \item v.3 March 1991 made more generic
% \item v.4 January 1992 checked and made to work with emtex  drivers
% to my satisfaction, and documented to bare-bones level with `doc' system.
% \item v.5 March 1993 allowed for |\skiplabels|
% \item v.6 January 1994 for \LaTeXe
% \item v.7 January 1994 fixes
% \item v.8 April 1994 revised .dtx file
% \end{itemize}
% The crucial macros which make the system bearable for mailing lists
% by redefining end of line came from Phil Taylor; apologies 
% to him for using them in a \LaTeX\ style file!
%
% \Finale
\endinput
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