ps_show Output text &reftitle.description; boolps_show resourcepsdoc stringtext Output a text at the current text position. The text position can be set by storing the x and y coordinates into the values textx and texty with the function ps_set_value. The function will issue an error if a font was not set before with ps_setfont. ps_show evaluates the following parameters and values as set by ps_set_parameter and ps_set_value. charspacing (value) Distance between two consecutive glyphs. If this value is unequal to zero then all ligatures will be resolved. Values less than zero are allowed. kerning (parameter) Setting this parameter to "false" will turn off kerning. Kerning is turned on by default. ligatures (parameter) Setting this parameter to "false" will turn off the use of ligatures. Ligatures are turned on by default. underline (parameter) Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on underlining. Underlining is turned off by default. overline (parameter) Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on overlining. Overlining is turned off by default. strikeout (parameter) Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on striking out. Striking out is turned off by default. &reftitle.parameters; psdoc Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new. text The text to be output. &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; &reftitle.seealso; ps_continue_text ps_show_xy ps_setfont