Re: [Groff] absolute positioning

[Werner LEMBERG]

> >   I would like to print some text to an absolute position of the
> > page.  I found in the troff manual (11.1. Local Motions) the /v
> > and the /h commands but it sounds like a relative move command.
> 
> The absolute position indicator (|) prefixed to a number generates
> the distance to that absolute position.  For example:
> 
> \h'1i'   \" move right 1 inch
> 
> \h'|1i'  \" move (left or right) to 1 inch from left edge of page

This is not completely correct.  In the horizontal direction, `|'
specifies the distance from the current *input* line position (+
indentation + page offset).

Example:


\h'5n'test
.br
abc\c
\h'5n'test
.br


gives


     test
abc     test


For vertical motions, `|' indeed specifies an absolute location.


    Werner