From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: \textwidth vs local
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 00:52:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5196B4AD.2070004@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.ww8hf1kfpw6hmh@ishamid-pc>
On 5/17/2013 5:03 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
> Dear gang,
>
> Is there a \dimen variable for the local key for the width of a text
> column? Take a look at the attached pdf: Clearly local is different from
> \textwidth and \makeupwidth.
>
> =============
> \starttext
> \framed[width=\textwidth,frame=on]{\type{\textwidth}}
> \framed[width=\makeupwidth,frame=on]{\type{\makeupwidth}}
> \framed[width=local,frame=on]{\type{local}}
>
> \startitemize
> \item \framed[width=\textwidth,frame=on]{\type{\textwidth}}
> \framed[width=\makeupwidth,frame=on]{\type{\makeupwidth}}
> \item \framed[width=local,frame=on]{\type{local}}
> \stopitemize
> \stoptext
> =============
>
> I'm working on a macro that depends on the local width and I need to be
> able to do work with fractions of the local width, e.g.
>
> \framed[width=0.9\localwidth]{local width}
sometimes you can use \localhsize, in some cases \hsize is ok, and
there's also \setlocalhsize that calculates \localhsize
Hans
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-17 15:03 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2013-05-17 22:52 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2013-05-17 23:08 ` Hans Hagen
2013-05-17 23:35 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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