If I understand you correctly, here's what's happening:
> \h'7c'
moves you 7 cm over from left margin.
> .br
puts you back at the left margin.
You need another \h'7c' to move you 7cm to the right before
printing 001. Like this:
> \"move up to stamp
> \h'7c'
> \v'0.5c-\n[nl]u'
> FRANCE
> .br
> \h'7c' 0001
> .br
Another way:
> .in +7c
> \v'0.5c-\n[nl]u'
> FRANCE
> .br
> 0001
> .in -7c
Clarke
Toby Chaloner wrote:
I am trying to move vertically up before adding some paragraphs at the new
location. (I am actually trying to create a fixed format envelope an write
the country, and a record number where the stamp will go.)
When I execute the following the word FRANCE appears in the correct vertical
position, but the number 0001 is positioned near where the insertion point
was before. As a total newbie to groff can anyone help please. The code I
tried is is below.
hello
.br
world
.br
\"move up to stamp
\h'7c'
\v'0.5c-\n[nl]u'
FRANCE
.br
0001
.br
