The .LITERAL command allows you to have your text formatted
exactly as you have typed it. This means that you will get a
blank line in the output file wherever a blank line occurs in the
input file. (If the value specified by the .SPACING command is
anything other than one, you will get the spacing value that you
specified.)
Commands are not recognized when .LITERAL is in effect and are
treated as ordinary text if you enter them. DSR flags are also
treated as normal text. Tab stops set prior to the .LITERAL
command, however, are still in effect within the block of
.LITERAL text (see .TAB STOPS). You must enter .END LITERAL when
you want DSR to resume normal formatting.
If you want to have flags in effect, use the .KEEP and .NO FILL
commands instead of the .LITERAL command.
Formats
.LITERAL [n]
.END LITERAL
Abreviated formats
.LT [n]
.EL
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