PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Expressions
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SYS_LEFTINDENT This variable contains the current indentation, in decipoints, from the
left margin setting stored in SYS_LEFTMARGIN. This value can be
negative. (N)
SYS_LEFTMARGIN This is the current setting of the text area left margin, in decipoints. (N)
SYS_LINEHEIGHT This variable contains the current height, in decipoints, of an output line in
the text region, computed from the current values for vertical pitch and
interline spacing. (N)
SYS_LINEWIDTH This is the current width, in decipoints, of a line of text, calculated from the
form width and the current left and right margins and indentation. (N)
SYS_MACRONAME This variable contains the name of whichever TFORM macro is currently
being executed, if any. (S)
SYS_MINUTES This variable contains an integer, in the range of 0 through 59, that
represents the minutes portion of the time of day when you invoked
TFORM. (N)
SYS_MONTH This variable contains an integer, in the range of 1 through 12, that
represents the current month. (N)
SYS_PAGENUMBER TFORM keeps track of the current page number in this variable. (N)
SYS_PARAGRAPH-
BOTTOM
This is the number of lines that are to remain together at the bottom of a
paragraph, defined by the most recent STYLE PARAGRAPH BOTTOM
command. (N)
SYS_PARAGRAPHGAP This is the amount of space, in decipoints, between paragraphs, as defined
by the most recent STYLE PARAGRAPH GAP command. (N)
SYS_PARAGRAPHINDENT This is the amount of indentation, in decipoints, that TFORM applies to
the first line of each paragraph, as defined by the most recent STYLE
PARAGRAPH INDENT command. This can be a negative value. (N)
SYS_PARAGRAPHTOP This is the number of lines that are to remain together at the top of a
paragraph, defined by the most recent STYLE PARAGRAPH TOP
command. (N)