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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 13-2-5 on page II-307 in "Document-level commands for shorthands".
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{xy}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
Voici un exemple avec \emph{xypic}:
\[ \shorthandoff{;?}
\begin{xy}  (0,0)*{\bullet}, (0,0) ; (10,0),
  **\dir {-} ?>* \dir {>}, (12,0)*{x},  \end{xy}
\]
Quelle belle flèche !
\end{document}