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This is a test document for general fontification support of macros
provided by \LaTeX{} and possibly other packages within AUC\TeX.  As
it is not part of \verb|ert|-tests, it does not have an
\verb|out|-counterpart.

\section{Special Characters}

\subsection{\protect\LaTeX{} Input}

The following symbols are reserved characters that have a special
meaning under \LaTeX{}.
\begin{center}
  \verb|#  $  %  ^  &  _  {  }  ~|
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In a document, they are printed by using a prefix backslash \verb|\|.

\subsection{AUC\protect\TeX{} fontification}

AUC\TeX{} has the following strategy for fontification:
\begin{description}
\item[Control symbols without argument] do not get any fontification
  as they only print a special character and have a textual context,
  e.g. \$10, 5\%, Mr.\&Mrs.  They are listed below:
  \begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{@{}*{4}{cl}@{}}
      \hline
      \#   & \verb|\#| & \$ & \verb|\$|
      & \% & \verb|\%| & \& & \verb|\&| \\
      \_   & \verb|\_| & \{ & \verb|\{|
      & \} & \verb|\}|                  \\
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
\item[Control symbols with argument] receive a fontification as they
  are used the same way as a control word:
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    \begin{tabular}{@{}*{4}{cl}@{}}
      \hline
      \`o     & \verb|\`o|  & \'o  & \verb|\'o|
      & \^o   & \verb|\^o|  & \~o  & \verb|\~o|  \\
      \=o     & \verb|\=o|  & \.o  & \verb|\.o|
      & \"o   & \verb|\"o|                       \\
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
  \end{center}
\item[Control words] receive fontification, e.g.
  \begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{@{}*{4}{cl}@{}}
      \hline
      \u o    & \verb|\u o| & \v o & \verb|\v o|
      & \H o  & \verb|\H o| & \c o & \verb|\c o| \\
      \d o    & \verb|\d o| & \b o & \verb|\b o|
      & \t oo & \verb|\t oo|                     \\[6pt]
      \oe     & \verb|\oe|  & \OE  & \verb|\OE|
      & \ae   & \verb|\ae|  & \AE  & \verb|\AE|  \\
      \aa     & \verb|\aa|  & \AA  & \verb|\AA|
      & \c c  & \verb|\c c|                      \\[6pt]
      \o      & \verb|\o|   & \O   & \verb|\O|
      & \l    & \verb|\l|   & \L   & \verb|\L|   \\
      \i      & \verb|\i|   & \j   & \verb|\J|   \\
      \hline
    \end{tabular} \par
      H\^{o}tel, na\"\i ve, \'{e}l\`{e}ve,\\
      sm\o rrebr\o d, !`Se\~{n}orita!,\\
      Sch\"{o}nbrunner Schlo\ss{} Stra\ss e
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\end{description}

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