On 04-Nov-2013 18:52:16 hoh...@arcor.de wrote: > > Once I stumbled over the .sp feature, to increase the output line > number counter (.nm) at every call to .sp, and ask myself, if here is > another "harmless" vertical movement intended to be used instead. For > instance to have a paragraph spacing. > --hh
Yes, the line-count output after .nm has been called is the number of *formatted* lines which has been output, not the number of line heights correspondiong to the vertical position in the page. So, for instance, This is a line .br .nm 1 This is a line .sp 2 This is a line will output: This is a line 1 This is a line 2 This is a line If you want to increment the line-count when blank lines are outpuit, then you need to explicitly incrtement the register \n[ln], for instance This is a line .br .nm 1 This is a line .sp 2 .nr ln \[ln]+2 This is a line will output: This is a line 1 This is a line 4 This is a line If you need to do this kind of thing, it would be best to define a new macro, e.g. ".sp+", on the lines of: .de sp+ .sp \\$1 .nr ln \\n[ln]+\\$1 .. and then: This is a line .br .nm 1 This is a line .sp+ 2 This is a line will output This is a line 1 This is a line 4 This is a line Hoping this helps! Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Date: 04-Nov-2013 Time: 22:49:14 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------
