Re: Writing letters

[Mark Summerfield]

On 2008-09-30, Robert Riebisch wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> When writing a letter is there a smart way to always make the
> recipient's address start at, e.g., 6.0cm to make it fit to a window
> envelope? Here's what I currently have.
> ***
> @SysInclude { tbl }
> @SysInclude { xrgb }
> @Include { cv_style.lt }
> @Doc @Text @Begin
> @RightDisplay 10p @Font { 0.85vx rlines } @Break {
>   Street No
>   Zip Town
>   Phone: 123456789
>   E-Mail: invalid"@"invalid.invalid
> }
> @Box
>   linewidth { none }
>   paint { @Xrgb grey90 }
>   @HExpand 1.5f @Font @B @S { Robert Riebisch }
> ***

You could use something like this (untested):

    @SysInclude { tbl }
    @SysInclude { xrgb }
    @Include { cv_style.lt }
    @Doc @Text @Begin
        @Place x{?}y{6c}{10p @Font { 0.85vx rlines } @Break {
        Street No
        Zip Town
        Phone: 123456789
        E-Mail: invalid"@"invalid.invalid
        }
        }
    @Box
    linewidth { none }
    paint { @Xrgb grey90 }
    @HExpand 1.5f @Font @B @S { Robert Riebisch }
    ***
    
Note that @Place objects are on top of everything else and don't take up
any space. The user guide does describe them and you can use relative x
and y coords.

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