[texhax] Text vertical shifting in output

[Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd)]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> I'll try to better explain what I want: only <some text> should be shifted
> down, but not the text following it.  In other words, <some text> should be
> output by TeX n lines forward respect to where it is in the source, but not the
> rest of the text.

OK, try this :

<pre-text>

\vtop to 0 pt
\bgroup
\strut
\vskip n-1\baselineskip
<some text>
\vss
\egroup

<post-text>

Philip TAYLOR