[pstricks] Setting a node at a page corner

[Michael Sharpe]

On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Herbert Voss wrote:

> Michael Sharpe schrieb:
>> The only method I've found to set a node at a fixed position on the
>> paper (1in from top, 1in from left) uses the fancybox package:
>>
>> \thisfancyput{\pnode{Q}}
>>
>> However, as the fancybox documentation warns, this works by  
>> defining a
>> new output routine, and may not be compatible with some packages. Is
>> there a simpler, more compatible way to do this? Placing immediately
>> after \begin{document}
>>
>> \vtop to 0pt{\pnode{Q}}
>>
>> is close---correct horizontally, but a few points off vertically.
>
> http://voss.homedns.org/packages/pst-abspos/
>
> Maybe it is useful, I played years ago with absolute coordinates
>

Very useful---it does exactly what I needed. Thanks.

Michael