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%% LaTeX2e file `stex.ist'
%% generated by the `filecontents' environment
%% from source `stex' on 2008/05/07.
%%
actual '='
quote '!'
level '>'
preamble
"\n \\begin{theindex} \n \\makeatletter\\scan@allowedfalse\n"
postamble
"\n\n \\end{theindex}\n"
item_x1   "\\efill \n \\subitem "
item_x2   "\\efill \n \\subsubitem "
delim_0   "\\pfill "
delim_1   "\\pfill "
delim_2   "\\pfill "
% The next lines will produce some warnings when
% running Makeindex as they try to cover two different
% versions of the program:
lethead_prefix   "{\\bfseries\\hfil "
lethead_suffix   "\\hfil}\\nopagebreak\n"
lethead_flag       1
heading_prefix   "{\\bfseries\\hfil "
heading_suffix   "\\hfil}\\nopagebreak\n"
headings_flag       1

% and just for source2e:
% Remove R so I is treated in sequence I J K not I II III
page_precedence "rnaA"