Re: Re: Is there a bug during pagination of external figures?

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Stefan Wachter wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> thanks for the additional hints. The width calculation method is very 
> instructive. Yet, I think I can not use it, because I do not know in 
> advance what kind of text is used as item labels. Maybe a label text 
> contains already a comma. Is there another \processXXX-Makro for 
> example \processampersandlist that can be used (because ampersands can 
> not appear unescaped in normal text)?
>
> --Stefan
>
> PS: I found nowhere a description of \charwd
>
>>
>> \def\determinecommalistwidth[#1]%
>>  {\scratchdimen\zeropoint
>>   \def\docommand##1%
>>     {\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{##1}%
>>      \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>\scratchdimen
>>        \scratchdimen\wd\scratchbox
>>      \fi}%
>>   \processcommalist[#1]\docommand}
>>
>> \determinecommalistwidth[a),b),c)]
>>
>> \the\scratchdimen
>>
>> (or use \charwd cum suis)
>
\processseparatedlist may be of help

of course you can do: \determine...[{a},{b\&c},{d\_e},{f,g,h}]


Hans

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