From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/21295 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stuart Jansen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: is it possible to add lengths? Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:56:32 -0600 Organization: Guru Labs, L.C. Message-ID: <1120892192.3607.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050709055350.GB27726@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0067290609==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120891998 8448 80.91.229.2 (9 Jul 2005 06:53:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 06:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jul 09 08:53:17 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dr9Cu-0006lf-Ih for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2005 08:53:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9622B128A7; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:52:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23701-02; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:52:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603691289B; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:52:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 953FB1289B for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:52:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23500-07 for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:52:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.gurulabs.com (mail.gurulabs.com [67.137.148.7]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DA3812892 for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:52:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gurulabs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A92B0AFFE3 for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 00:52:50 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: from mail.gurulabs.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 07515-02 for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 00:52:26 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: from h4606f91d.area1.spcsdns.net (h4606f91d.area1.spcsdns.net [70.6.249.29]) by mail.gurulabs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 00:52:26 -0600 (MDT) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <20050709055350.GB27726@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gurulabs.com X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:21295 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:21295 --===============0067290609== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-XNT4THFim37KmmdLcVsb" --=-XNT4THFim37KmmdLcVsb Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 01:53 -0400, Paul Tremblay wrote: > Is it possible to add lengths in ConTexT? >=20 > backspace=3D 55m + 1in I don't know enough about ConTeXt to declare this The Right Way(tm), but here's one way that Works For Me(tm): \starttext \newdimen\mydimen \mydimen=3D1in \hbox{\framed[height=3D\mydimen,width=3D1in]{before} \advance\mydimen by 55mm \framed[height=3D\mydimen,width=3D1in]{after}} \stoptext --=20 Stuart Jansen Guru Labs, L.C. --=-XNT4THFim37KmmdLcVsb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCz3UfwTOJ4P81PNARAoVvAJ90wT1PO9yKl3aGmUiqDo0HbyAW+wCbBOkt blEu38qZ889AvN4Kts1RF9s= =YpfW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-XNT4THFim37KmmdLcVsb-- --===============0067290609== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context --===============0067290609==--