Re: [MiKTeX] Typesetting Table of Contents in Plain TeX

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"Sukomal Modak" wrote:
>
> Can anybody please give me a small code example, which typesets table of
> contents in plain TeX? The toc text need not be generated automatically.
> TeX macros are what I am expecting. Thanks in advance.

Again, \halign saves the day. (You may want to read the chapter in 
Donald Knuth's _The TeXBook_ about alignment.)

\halign{\strut# \hfil\quad&#\hfil&\hfil #\cr
& Preface\cr\cr
& List of Symbols & xvii\cr
1 & Chapter One Name & 1
1.1 & Section 1.1    & 1
% etc.
}

    -- Christopher Heckman