>> Curious there seems to be no way to represent a negative literal >> number the way one can specify a nonnegative one, i.e., a negative >> number just for itself, not as a decrement. > > you can specify a negative number by e.g. prepending a 0 (i.e. 0-.25i).
Another solution is to include the whole value in parentheses, e.g.
.nr PO (-.25i)
Werner
