From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/3744 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marc van Dongen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: metapost problem Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 17:37:12 +0000 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <20010107173712.W6997@cs.ucc.ie> References: <20010107144456.T6997@cs.ucc.ie> <200101071733.SAA21576@bar.loria.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035394464 19725 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:34:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:34:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Mailing List Original-To: "Denis B. Roegel" In-Reply-To: <200101071733.SAA21576@bar.loria.fr>; from Denis.Roegel@loria.fr on Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 06:33:17PM +0100 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:3744 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:3744 Denis B. Roegel (Denis.Roegel@loria.fr) wrote: : Yes, you made the mistake to write xl.s := (1cm,0); : instead of xl.s = (1cm,0). By using :=, you are messing : up internal equations in the boxes package and the result : you get is normal. I've had this problem a few weeks ago, : and it took me a while to find out! Never use := in these : contexts! I've had problems like this many times before and was never able to put my finger on the reasons. From now on I'll be a good declarative lad: no more assignments for me (unless really needed). : (Disclaimer: I haven't compiled your file, so this is a guess.) That's okay. I have. It works. Thanks a mille. Regards, : : Denis : -- Marc van Dongen, CS Dept | phone: +353 21 4903578 University College Cork, NUIC | Fax: +353 21 4903113 College Road, Cork, Ireland | Email: dongen@cs.ucc.ie Marc