Re: [Groff] oddity in pic : absolute positioning requires "move" first.

2012-08-07 Thread Tadziu Hoffmann
>>> It's not quite clear exactly what layout you seek >> Is it not just a two-column, two-row, block of text? >> Did you consider tbl(1) instead of pic? >> Or even just plain .ta and use tabs. Yes, why don't you just write a short custom macro for this? Here's one that uses local motions (instea

Re: [Groff] oddity in pic : absolute positioning requires "move" first.

2012-08-07 Thread emmanuel chemla
Indeed Ralph, I wanted to do a kind of two columns layout that tab would have solved. but at the time of posting, I entered into a non-practical state of mind which is "trying to cope with the irrational" !!! And Ted's insight brought some relief in providing a grasp of the thing. Btw, I believe th

Re: [Groff] gpreconv on Windows fails with CRLF files

2012-08-07 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Anton Shepelev wrote > Werner LEMBERG: > > This looks like a bug. \r is supposed to be handled correctly. > > Please send a demo input file and gpreconv's output (on Windows). > > OK, it is attached. It looks like the \r\n in input is being echoed for output, the \r gets through unharmed b

Re: [Groff] oddity in pic : absolute positioning requires "move" first.

2012-08-07 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Ted, > It's not quite clear exactly what layout you seek Is it not just a two-column, two-row, block of text? Emmanuel, did you consider tbl(1) instead of pic? Or even just plain .ta and use tabs. Cheers, Ralph.

Re: [Groff] oddity in pic : absolute positioning requires "move" first.

2012-08-07 Thread Ted Harding
On 07-Aug-2012 08:27:11 emmanuel chemla wrote: > Hello to all, > > I have a small quizz asking to define a task priority. The user can answer > using one of the four options. > I want those options to have a small ident of 0.8 i. > > So here's the code [I have inserted "\" line continuations. Te

[Groff] oddity in pic : absolute positioning requires "move" first.

2012-08-07 Thread emmanuel chemla
Hello to all, I have a small quizz asking to define a task priority. The user can answer using one of the four options. I want those options to have a small ident of 0.8 i. So here's the code : \f[BMB]\s11Task priority : \s0\fP .sp 0.05i .char \[radiobutton] \f(ZD\N'109' .PS "\f[BMR]\s11 \[radio