Re: character width

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:02:15 +0200
Steffen Wolfrum <context@st.estfiles.de> wrote:

> " \hphantom " ! What a promising word for exactly what I needed!
> Again and again I am surprised how many (strange) commands there  
> exist. Where does \hphantom come frome? Where is it documented?
> 
> Thank you for your replies! But it could be even better:
> 
> As I need, finally, a construct like ...
> \writetolist[Test]{}{{\hphantom{999}}{\hfill}\bf{Nicely centers TOC  
> entry}{\hfill}\it 999}
> ... I would like to make sure that both manually entered numbers are  
> the same (I don't want to risk a typo!).
> 
> So I'd like to use something like \def\FakePageNumber{999}, using  
> \FakePageNumber at the beginning and the end of the above line.
> 
> The following worked ...
> \expanded{\writetolist[Test]{}{\hfill {\bf Nicely centers TOC entry}  
> \hfill \FakePageNumber}}
> ... but not in combination with \MySpace or \hphantom anymore:
> \expanded{\writetolist[Test]{}{???\hfill {\bf Nicely centers TOC  
> entry} \hfill \FakePageNumber}}
> 
> Could someone please help me over this "expanded/argument/ 
> whateveristheproblem" gap?
> 
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Steffen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 24.10.2006 um 21:31 schrieb Peter Münster:
> 
> > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> >
> >> \def\MySpace
> >>   {\dosingleempty\doMySpace}
> >>
> >> \def\doMySpace[#1]%
> >>   {\setbox\scratchbox=\hbox{#1}%
> >>    \unskip\hskip \the\wd \scratchbox}
> >
> > Or perhaps just:
> >
> > \starttext
> > Text\hphantom{999}Text
> > \stoptext
> >
> > ?
> >
> > Cheers, Peter
> >

Hi Steffen,

I presnt you a few solution to your problem, I don't how it 
should look to you. 

<example>

\def\FakePageNumber{999}

\starttext

\placecontent

\section{Knuth}

\input knuth

% your solution

\expanded{\writetolist[section]{}{\hfill{\bf Nicely centers TOC entry}
\hfill\FakePageNumber}}

% solution 1

\writetolist[section]{}{\hfill {\bf Nicely centers TOC entry} \hfill \llap{\FakePageNumber}}

% solution 2

\writetolist[section]{}{\hfilll bla \hfilll \llap{\FakePageNumber}}

% solution 3

\writebetweenlist[section]{\hfilll bla \hfilll \llap{\FakePageNumber}}

\section{Knuth}

\input knuth

\stoptext

</example>


Wolfgang