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<a name="SILENT"><h3><u>Hide input lines from output</u></h3></a>

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<nobr>Macro: <strong>SILENT</strong> <kbd>toggle</kbd></nobr>
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Alias: <strong>COMMENT</strong>
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Sometimes, you want to &quot;hide&quot;
<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INPUTLINE">input lines</a>
from final output.  This is most likely to be the case when setting
up string tabs (see the
<a href="typesetting.html#STRING_TABS_TUT">quickie tutorial on string tabs</a>
for an example), but 