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Article #5541Re: Absolute positioning in TeX
From: Bruce Langdon
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1988 06:04
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1988 06:04
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In article <5651@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, little@odin.ucsd.edu (Glenn Little) writes:
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> I am looking for a way to temporarily move to an absolute position on
> the page, print an hbox or vbox, then go back to where I was...
p. 389 shows how to put things relative to the current position.
When a headline or footline token list is expanded, you know where you are
on the page.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!langdon From: langdon@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Bruce Langdon) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Absolute positioning in TeX Summary: See TeXbook p. 389, or use LaTeX Message-ID: <2204@lll-lcc.llnl.gov> Date: 11 Dec 88 06:04:46 GMT References: <5651@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca Lines: 13