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%%  Ein Beispiel der DANTE-Edition
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%%  Beispiel 15-02-33 auf Seite 751.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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verbatimtex
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\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
etex
% --- start of displayed preamble in the book ---
input boxes;
% --- end of displayed preamble in the book ---
beginfig(1)
fill unitsquare xscaled 1.1in yscaled .7in
	withcolor 0.9white;
boxit(currentpicture);
dx=dy=10mm; clearit; drawboxed();
forsuffixes $=n,c: makelabel.top(str $,$); endfor;
makelabel.bot("s",s);
forsuffixes $=ne,e,se: makelabel.rt(str $,$); endfor;
forsuffixes $=nw,w,sw: makelabel.lft(str $,$); endfor;
pickup pencircle scaled .3bp;
vardef larrow@#(expr a,da,s)=
  drawdblarrow a..a+da; label@#(s,a+.5da); enddef;
larrow.rt(n,(0,-dy),"dy"); larrow.rt(s,(0,dy),"dy");
larrow.top(e,(-dx,0),"dx");larrow.top(w,(dx,0),"dx");
endfig;
end;
\end{document}