Becouse "The backslash character \ is used to introduce troff commands and special characters *within* a line of text" (from the Troff tutorial)
Try: .\" ABOVE IS THE ORIGINAL, BELOW MY APPENDIX .mk .tl '\v'-10.5i'a'b'c\v'+10.5i'' .rt .. On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.syk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 March 2011 22:52, pmarin <pmarin.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >> DONE! >> Try the attached code. I am not using the ms macros. You will to >> change the ms macros to get something similar. >> >> troff test.ms | tr2post | psfonts > test.ps >> >> Cheers. >> pmarin > > Yes. This works. Actually, my problem has always only been: how to get > back to the top of a page; to have a correct string prepared to put > there has been easy for me. Note what I wrote in my 1st post of this > thread: > . > .\" ABOVE IS THE ORIGINAL, BELOW MY APPENDIX > .mk > \v'|0.5i' > .tl 'a'b'c' > .rt > .. > > and it comes in a modified .BT macro (which is somewhat equivalent to > your .NP; ms actually sets [as far as I know] 3 traps on a page, 1 at > the top [.NP] and 2 at the bottom [.FO a .BT]). If I had written just > . > .\" ABOVE IS THE ORIGINAL, BELOW MY APPENDIX > .tl '\v'-10.5i'a'b'c\v'+10.5i'' > .. > > as you have, it would have basically done what I want. So now the > question is why > .tl '\v'-10.5i'a'b'c\v'+10.5i'' > moves back and does the work, whilst > .mk > \v'|0.5i' > .tl 'a'b'c' > .rt > does not. > Nor does this, for instance: > \v'-10.5i' > .tl 'a'b'c' > \v'+10.5i' > > Thanks for your help > Ruda > >
