AMT Datasouth PAL - Manual (Page 191)

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The following PAL procedure will perform the same operation as the PAL show operator,
however the procedure will automatically reverse-justify the text against the current point. For
Roman text, reverse-justification indicates right-justification.
/RShow {
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exch neg exch neg rmoveto
show
} bind def
The RShow procedure has the same usage as the show operator and CShow procedure.
ShowStr RShow
For Roman text, the RShow procedure draws ShowStr with the right bottom corner at the current
point.