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4.6.1 Document Utility Control Commands

The document facilities support a document formatting
language (called dollar commands) that allows you to assemble
a printed document from one or more text files with control
over pagination, page numbering, page size, and layout.  The
content and format of the printed document is controlled by
dollar command lines within the text files.  CA MICS
documents are built from outline files, called picklists,
that contain dollar commands for assembling a group of text
files and figures in sequence.
DOLLAR COMMANDS

The processing of the document production programs DOCPICK
and DOCUMENT is controlled by records in the text which
contain a "$" in column 1.  This section describes the use of
each dollar command.

The syntax for the dollar commands is:

    $xxxx nnn nnn

    where:

      - the $ must be in column 1.
      - xxxx is the command name, and must begin in column 2.
      - nnn  is an operand.  Many commands have no operands,
             but if present they are column dependent.  Most
             operands begin in column 7.

Commands that are not recognized are treated as comments and
are not printed.