On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Willi Egger <context@boede.nl> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I just downloaded yesterday night's version of Context and tried the
> example provided. - What is wrong with the first line with the \hbox? This
> stretched text is as long as the second line and uses the whole text width.
> The third line has a width of 10cm as it seems.
>
>
\ruledhbox to 5cm{\stretched{to the limit}}
means that the box has 5cm, but \stretched must use some horizontal size
(i.e \hsize)
to stretch the text. The twos are different lengths: it doesn't make much
sense to strecth the text "to the limit" to its natural width (yes, it
makes sense --- stretched is nil)
try
\ruledhbox to 5cm{\stretched{to the limit}}
\ruledhbox to 5cm{\hsize=5cm\stretched{to the limit}}
\ruledhbox to 5cm{\hsize=0cm\stretched{to the limit}}
\ruledhbox{\stretched{to the limit}}
\ruledhbox{\stretched[width=10cm]{to the limit}}

-- 
luigi