ssimpson@TRWRBA.UUCP (03/07/86)
I have hacked on TeX macro packages for some time now and
consider myself somewhat of a TeXpert; however, there is one question
I have not found a solution to in The TeXbook. Is there any way
to absolutely address a point on the page? Are there any registers
you can interrogate to find out where you are on the page? If not,
why?
For example, in troff you can specify that you want to go to
an absolute position from the top of the page. I have always used
\hboxes and \vboxes to position my text, but there are times when
absolute addressing would be useful.
Scott Simpson
TRW Electronics and Defense Sector
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