> To print the titles of the poems on the odd pages in the right > corners is my goal. The title of the even page in the first > line an the title of the odd page in the second line of the > header. Is the poem longer than one page so the header line is > empty respectivly.
I'm not quite sure I understand you correctly. Maybe you could create a little ASCII mock-up? Anyhow, here's my interpretation of what you intend. The trick is to print the titles not from the header, but from the footer, so you can set the title from the page currently being formatted.
.\" .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .\" .de hd \" Page header .\" ' sp .5i .\" . tl '''poem one' .\" . tl '''poem two' .\" ' sp .3i .\" .. .\" .de fo \" Page footer .\" ' sp 1v .\" . tl ''%'' .\" ' bp .\" .. .\" .\" .\" .wh 0 hd \" trap at top of the page .\" .wh -1i fo \" trap one inch from bottom .\" .\" .\" .nf .\" .bp .\" .ds left poem one .\" \*[left] .\" .sp 1 .\" Text .\" Text .\" Text .\" Text .\" Text .\" .bp .\" .ds right poem two .\" \*[right] .\" .sp 1 .\" Text .\" Text .\" Text .\" Text .\" .bp .\" .ex .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .pl 29.7c .wh 0 HD .wh -1.2i FT .ds HE " .ds HO " .\" Header macro .de HD .if e .RS .sp |1.2i .. .\" Footer macro .de FT .vpt 0 .if o .PT .sp |\\n(.pu-.8i .if \\n%>1 .PN .vpt .bp .. .\" Print page number .de PN .ie e .tl '%''' .el .tl '''%' .. .\" Reset titles .de RS .ds HE " .ds HO " .. .\" Print titles .de PT .sp |.5i .tl '''\\*(HE' .tl '''\\*(HO' .. .\" Begin poem .de PM .bp .ie e .ds HE "\\$* .el .ds HO "\\$* .ce 1 \\$* .sp .nf .. .\" End macro .de EM .if e .bp .. .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .ce 1 Title .PM Poem one Text Text Text Text Text .PM Poem two Text Text Text Text .PM Poem three Text Text Text .PM Poem four Text Text .EM
