From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/82018 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: calculating with dimension unit Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:58:26 -0400 Message-ID: <4D79EBBC-E26E-49E2-BF26-4AFEF251D0D6@cim.mcgill.ca> References: <51751F8A.3060905@gmx.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366639121 26076 80.91.229.3 (22 Apr 2013 13:58:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:58:41 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Apr 22 15:58:45 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UUHGW-0006kx-Mc for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E809C101F0; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 9KnfgqaTvMSx; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6BC101E9; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB79101E9 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id o3BN5r25tiv6 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-utr.mf.surf.net (filter3-utr.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.154]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1136F101E3 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from orford.cim.mcgill.ca (smtp.cim.mcgill.ca [132.206.73.2]) by filter3-utr.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r3MDwWs0002941 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:33 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.2.14] (unknown [70.52.113.158]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: adityam) by orford.cim.mcgill.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9F942938D; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:58:31 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <51751F8A.3060905@gmx.de> X-Mailer: iPad Mail (10B146) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0124 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=132.206.73.2; country=CA; region=QC; city=Montreal; postalcode=h3a2k6; latitude=45.5000; longitude=-73.5833; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.5000,-73.5833&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 08Jr1Wx9N - 2376c0dca8e1 - 20130422 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.154 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:82018 Archived-At: > > I think this calculating with dimension is not very well documented in the context-wiki. > Thus I would like to write a small article about "Calculating with dimension units" in the wiki.contextgarden.net to help others a bit. > Or is there already an article somewhere? Such an article will be very useful. Currently the information is scattered in plain tex manuals, etex manual, context manuals, and context source code documentation. Having it in one place will make it more easily accessible. ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________