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Re: Novel use of .char


From: Peter Schaffter
Subject: Re: Novel use of .char
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:41:36 -0500

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> 
> > Putting the motions in the diversion was how I went about it first.
> > When that didn't pan out, I went the string route, which was when I
> > discovered the diversion needed an actual glyph in it in order to
> > work as I hoped.
> 
> Just out of curiosity, was displaying the image the only purpose
> of the newly defined character, or did this come up as a
> by-product of trying something else?

I was looking for a convenient way to get a graphic (logo,
letterhead, etc) in page headers.  Mom uses HEADER_LEFT,
HEADER_CENTER, and HEADER_RIGHT to establish what goes in page
headers.  It seemed to me that, e.g.,
  .HEADER_LEFT "\[graphic]
would be simplest.  There are, of course, other ways.

-- 
Peter Schaffter
https://www.schaffter.ca



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