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| author | wl <wl> | 2006-11-13 17:53:12 +0000 |
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| committer | wl <wl> | 2006-11-13 17:53:12 +0000 |
| commit | 1630b7d2f588b70d798cd79232b92f7462ea7089 (patch) | |
| tree | 90c17a910a4f3d310b9161765bab66ef3d0d04c7 /doc | |
| parent | 9c00788cfcd1e9fe399ec15496cc73da3deedeff (diff) | |
| download | groff-1630b7d2f588b70d798cd79232b92f7462ea7089.tar.gz | |
* doc/groff.texinfo (Page Location Traps) [.wh]: Give more details
on negative trap positions.
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diff --git a/doc/groff.texinfo b/doc/groff.texinfo index 5f813616..68caad31 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texinfo +++ b/doc/groff.texinfo @@ -12029,6 +12029,19 @@ A trap at or below the bottom of the page is ignored; it can be made active by either moving it up or increasing the page length so that the trap is on the page. +Negative trap values always use the @emph{current} page length; they are +not converted to an absolute vertical position: + +@Example +.pl 5i +.wh -1i xx +.ptr + @result{} xx -240 +.pl 100i +.ptr + @result{} xx -240 +@endExample + It is possible to have more than one trap at the same location; to do so, the traps must be defined at different locations, then moved together with the @code{ch} request; otherwise the second trap would replace the first |