% This macro source file is from the four volume series
% "TeX in Practice" by Stephan von Bechtolsheim, published
% 1993 by Springer-Verlag, New York.
% Copyright 1993 Stephan von Bechtolsheim.
% No warranty or liability is assumed.
% This macro may be copied freely if no fees other than
% media cost or shipping charges are charged and as long
% as this copyright and the following source code itself
% is not changed. Please see the series for further information.
%
% Version: 1.0
% Date: May 1, 1993
%
%
% This source code is documented in 7.5.5, p. I-249.
% Original source in file "vboxes1.TEX", starting line 2107.
\wlog{L: "vcentx.tip" ["vboxes1.TEX," l. 2107, p. I-249]}%
% This file DOES belong to format "texip."
\catcode`\@ = 11
\newbox\@VcenterXBox
\newdimen\@VcenterDimen
\def\VcenterX{%
   \hbox\bgroup
       \mathsurround = 0pt
   \futurelet\@VCenterXToken\@VCenterXA
}
\def\@VCenterXA{%
   \ifx\@VCenterXToken\bgroup
       \let\@VcenterXNext = \@VcenterXOrdinary
   \else
       \ifx\@VCenterXToken t%
           \let\@VcenterXNext = \@VcenterXTo
       \else
           \let\@VcenterXNext = \@VcenterXSpread
       \fi
   \fi
   \@VcenterXNext
}
\def\@VcenterXOrdinary{%
   \def\@VcenterCommand{\vcenter}%
   \afterassignment\@VcenterXB
   \let\@VcenterDrop =
}
\def\@VcenterXTo to{%
   \def\@VcenterCommand{to}%
   \afterassignment\@VcenterXToSpread
   \@VcenterDimen =
}
\def\@VcenterXSpread spread{%
   \def\@VcenterCommand{spread}%
   \afterassignment\@VcenterXToSpread
   \@VcenterDimen =
}
\def\@VcenterXToSpread{%
   \edef\@VcenterCommand{%
       \vcenter\@VcenterCommand \the\@VcenterDimen
   }%
   \afterassignment\@VcenterXB
   \let\@VcenterDrop =
}
\def\@VcenterXB{%
   \setbox\@VcenterXBox = \hbox\bgroup
       $%
       \@VcenterCommand\bgroup
   \aftergroup\@VcenterXC
}
\def\@VcenterXC{%
   $%
   \egroup
   \box\@VcenterXBox
   \egroup
}
\catcode`\@ = 12