On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 26.01.2009 um 20:12 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:
>
>
>  The syntax of \dimexpr and \numexpr is subtle and mysterious.
>> For example,
>>
>> \framed[width=.61\textwidth,height=\dimexpr.61\textwidth*1486/1200\relax]{}
>> works, but I never understood the limitations.
>> How about an entry on the wiki?
>>
>
> \dimexpr and \numexpr are explaines in the e-tex manual.


... which you'll find here: http://www.ntg.nl/maps/20/38.pdf

Best,
Alan


> The only important thing for \dimexpr is to write the dimen value
> as first value after the \dimexpr command and then the numeric values.
>
> Wolfgang