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diff --git a/doc/user/str_marg b/doc/user/str_marg index fdb58f4..f7057c0 100644 --- a/doc/user/str_marg +++ b/doc/user/str_marg @@ -147,12 +147,14 @@ may be used inside the @Code "x" and @Code "y" options: A { "ymark" } B { The row mark of the object being placed (for expert users) } } -The usual precedences and associativities apply to the mathematical -operators; braces (not parentheses) may be used for grouping. It is -best to give values to @Code "x" and @Code y that do not depend on -any assumptions about where the coordinate system's origin is; this -is true of the examples above. At the point where @Code "@Place" occurs, -the result is an empty object. As with margin notes, Lout does not know -what is happening and will not lay out the rest of the page around the +Negative numbers have to be enclosed in double quotes to avoid the +initial @Code "-" being mistaken for subtraction. The usual precedences +and associativities apply to the mathematical operators; braces (not +parentheses) may be used for grouping. It is best to give values to +@Code "x" and @Code y that do not depend on any assumptions about +where the coordinate system's origin is; this is true of the examples +above. At the point where @Code "@Place" occurs, the result is an +empty object. As with margin notes, Lout does not know what is +happening and will not lay out the rest of the page around the placed object. @End @Section |