On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 01:39:59AM +1000, Miklos Somogyi wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I try to use a diversion to determine the height of a block of text, so
> that I can paint something underneath this block in PostScript.
> The following simplified example works nicely if no-fill is turned on.
>
> However, there are problems in fill mode.
> Spaces inserted in the text disappear in print, though the height
> register
> \n[.d] is ok (not used here).
> Also, there are problems with with the bulleted paragraph macro.
> Please change .nf to .fi and see the difference.
>
> I would be glad if you could explain what's going on and how to fix the
> problem.
I think I get what you want by surround the call to the lines diversion thus:
.de start
. br
. di lines
\# . nf \" try .fi & .nf and see the difference in
spacing & bulleting
.fi
..
.\"------------------ finish diversion, dump the result
.
.de finish
. br
. di
.
.\" calculate heights and fill a box "underlay" in PostScript
.
. sp
> . nf \" ADDED
> . lines \" dump accumulated (formatted?) lines
> . fi \" ADDED
. sp
..
The diversion lines has been formated in fill mode, and then is presentes as
formatted in .nf mode.
At least that is how I understand it.
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Mike Bianchi
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