From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: typearea
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:12:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040120101000.01e347e0@server-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401190650250.4810-100000@gaston.free.fr>
At 20:06 19/01/2004, you wrote:
> >
> \edef\layoutratio{\withoutpt{\the\dimexpr(2\paperheight/(\paperwidth/32768))}}
>
>Very strange, it works, but I don't understand how 2 * a / (b / 32768) == a/b
one can divide a dimen by a dimen in which case the dimen is cast on a
counter (internally a dimen is just a number, with a sp unit); we need to
compensate by 64K then; i multiply by two first to get rid of inaccuracy
etc etc
>Do I understand it right, backspace is the inner margin, and cutspace the
>outer one? Are both needed?
no, but it permits width=middle
Hans
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-20 9:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-04 18:24 typearea Peter Münster
2004-01-04 21:03 ` typearea Hans Hagen
2004-01-06 7:21 ` typearea Peter Münster
2004-01-06 14:13 ` typearea Henning Hraban Ramm
2004-01-11 21:02 ` typearea Peter Münster
2004-01-14 18:33 ` typearea Peter Münster
2004-01-15 10:23 ` typearea Hans Hagen
2004-01-19 19:06 ` typearea Peter Münster
2004-01-20 9:12 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2004-01-15 12:23 typearea Hans Hagen
2004-01-15 13:45 ` typearea Willi Egger
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