Re: [Groff] oddity in pic : absolute positioning requires "move" first.

[emmanuel chemla]

Indeed Ralph, I wanted to do a kind of two columns layout that tab would
have solved. but at the time of posting, I entered into a non-practical
state of mind which is "trying to cope with the irrational" !!!
And Ted's insight brought some relief in providing a grasp of the thing.
Btw, I believe this explanation should be part of all basic tutorial on Pic
(maybe that is already and I have missed it).
Thanks to both of you.


On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden>wrote:

> Hi Ted,
>
> > It's not quite clear exactly what layout you seek
>
> Is it not just a two-column, two-row, block of text?
>
> Emmanuel, did you consider tbl(1) instead of pic?  Or even just plain
> .ta and use tabs.
>
> Cheers, Ralph.
>



-- 
Emmanuel