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From: langdon@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Bruce Langdon)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Absolute positioning in TeX
Summary: See TeXbook p. 389, or use LaTeX
Message-ID: <2204@lll-lcc.llnl.gov>
Date: 11 Dec 88 06:04:46 GMT
References: <5651@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca
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In article <5651@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, little@odin.ucsd.edu (Glenn Little) writes:
> 
>   I am looking for a way to temporarily move to an absolute position on
>   the page, print an hbox or vbox, then go back to where I was...

p. 389 shows how to put things relative to the current position.
When a headline or footline token list is expanded, you know where you are
on the page.
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