On Friday, 25 August 2023 17:00:23 BST Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > I have attached a demonstration file you can use for experimenting. > (I have used 3 cm margins for this. Coloring the margins with XX > (for debugging purposes) only works with the PS device; you can > safely remove this.)
A slight change and you can colour the margins with pure troff so it works for both postscript and pdf:- groff -Tpdf -P-pa4 -P-e margins.trf > margins.pdf Cheers Deri
.\" .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .pl 29.7c .po 2.5c .ll 16c .lt 16c .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .ev 1 .ll 16c .lt 16c .gcolor blue .ft 2 .ev .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .de HD .ev 1 .XX .sp |1.5c-1v .if o .tl '\\*[RH]''%' .if e .tl '%''\\*[LH]' .tl ''\v'-0.5v'\D'l \\n[.lt]u 0''' .sp |3c .ev .. .de FO .ev 1 .sp |29.7c-1.5c-2v .tl ''\D'l \\n[.lt]u 0''' .if o .tl '\\*[RF]''%' .if e .tl '%''\\*[LF]' .bp .ev .. .ds RH right header .ds LH left header .ds RF right footer .ds LF left footer .wh 0 HD .wh -3c-1v FO .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .de XX .vpt 0 .ev XX .vs 0 .po 0 .sp |0 .fcolor pink \D'P 21c 0 0 3c -21c 0' .sp |26.7c \D'P 21c 0 0 3c -21c 0' .fcolor .fl .po .vs .ev .vpt 1 .. .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .ft 3 5.2. Extra line-space. .ft .de ZZ .sp .5 If a word contains a tall construct requiring the output line containing it to have extra vertical space before and/or after it, the extra-line-space function \\\\x'N' can be embedded in or attached to that word. If N is negative, the output line containing the word will be preceded by N extra vertical space; if N is positive, the output line containing the word will be followed by N extra vertical space. If successive requests for extra space apply to the same line, the maximum values are used. The most recently utilized post-line extra line-space is available in the .a register. .. .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ .ZZ
margins.pdf
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