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%             This is maketitle.xxx
%
% it modifies the appearence of the title
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\def\subtitle#1{\gdef\@subtitle{#1}}
\def\@subtitle{}

\def\abstract{\if@twocolumn
\section*{\abstractname}%
\else \small
\begin{center}%
{\bf \abstractname\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{\z@}}%
\end{center}%
\quotation
\fi}

\def\endabstract{\if@twocolumn\else\endquotation\fi}


\def\maketitle{\par
 \begingroup
   \def\thefootnote{\fnsymbol{footnote}}%
   \def\@makefnmark{\hbox
       to\z@{$\m@th^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}}%
   \if@twocolumn
     \twocolumn[\@maketitle]%
     \else \newpage
     \global\@topnum\z@   % Prevents figures from going at top of page.
     \@maketitle \fi\thispagestyle{empty}\@thanks
     \par\penalty -\@M
 \endgroup
 \setcounter{footnote}{0}%
 \let\maketitle\relax
 \let\@maketitle\relax
 \gdef\@thanks{}\gdef\@author{}\gdef\@title{}\let\thanks\relax}

\def\@maketitle{\newpage
 \null
 \vskip 2em                 % Vertical space above title.
\begingroup
  \def\and{\unskip, }
  \parindent=\z@
  \pretolerance=10000
  \rightskip=0pt plus 3cm
  {\LARGE                   % each author set in \LARGE
   \lineskip .5em
   \@author
   \par}%
  \vskip 2cm                % Vertical space after author.
  {\Huge \@title \par}%     % Title set in \Huge size.
  \vskip 1cm                % Vertical space after title.
  \if!\@subtitle!\else
   {\LARGE\ignorespaces\@subtitle \par}
   \vskip 1cm                % Vertical space after subtitle.
  \fi
 \vfill
  \if!\@date!\else
    {\large \begin{center}\@date\end{center}}%          % Date set in \large size.
    \par
    \vskip 1.5em               % Vertical space after date.
  \fi
  {\large \dbversion}%         % XXX Обикновено се слага в друг файл.
  \par
  \vskip 1.5em               % Vertical space after version.
\endgroup}

\parskip=2pt plus 2pt