box width to fit longest line of text

box width to fit longest line of text

[Csikos Bela]

Dear context users:

I'd like to handle a block of text with 2 or more lines where the block width should be equal
to the longest line in the block. I'd like the lines be center aligned in the block.
Something like this:

        line1
second longerline
    another line

In latex I can do it using parbox like this:

\parbox{\widthof{second longerline}}{\centering{}line1\\second longerline\\another line}

How can achieve the same or similar in context?

Thanks in advance,

bcsikos

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Re: box width to fit longest line of text

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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> Csikos Bela <mailto:bcsikos425@freemail.hu>
> 28. September 2016 um 23:36
> Dear context users:
>
> I'd like to handle a block of text with 2 or more lines where the 
> block width should be equal
> to the longest line in the block. I'd like the lines be center aligned 
> in the block.
> Something like this:
>
> line1
> second longerline
> another line
>
> In latex I can do it using parbox like this:
>
> \parbox{\widthof{second longerline}}{\centering{}line1\\second 
> longerline\\another line}
>
> How can achieve the same or similar in context?
\starttext

\startframed[align=middle]
line\\
second longer line\\
another line
\stopframed

\stoptext

Wolfgang

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Re: box width to fit longest line of text

[Csikos Bela]

Wolfgang Schuster írta:

>>  Dear context users:I'd
>> like to handle a block of text with 2 or more lines where the block 
>>width should be equalto the longest line in the block. I'd like the 
>>lines be center aligned in the block.Something like this:   
>>     line1second longerline    another lineIn latex I 
>>can do it using parbox like this:\parbox{\widthof{second 
>>longerline}}{\centering{}line1\\second longerline\\another line}How
>> can achieve the same or similar in context?
>
>
>\starttext
>
>\startframed[align=middle]
>line\\
>second longer line\\
>another line
>\stopframed
>
>\stoptext

Thank you Wolfgang. It works.

bcsikos
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