From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_SBL_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12471 invoked from network); 7 May 2023 08:16:52 -0000 Received: from zapf.ntg.nl (5.39.185.232) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 May 2023 08:16:52 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE11A1C2EDB; Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at zapf.ntg.nl Received: from zapf.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zapf.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gRCuVaqK6JMj; Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from zapf.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3D41C04E6; Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63A101C04E6 for ; Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at zapf.ntg.nl Received: from zapf.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zapf.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CcL8OKC4vyZK for ; Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:41 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: Pass (mailfrom) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=195.121.94.183; helo=ewsoutbound.kpnmail.nl; envelope-from=j.hagen@xs4all.nl; receiver= Received: from ewsoutbound.kpnmail.nl (ewsoutbound.kpnmail.nl [195.121.94.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDC241C02FC for ; Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:41 +0200 (CEST) X-KPN-MessageId: 231d6a74-ecaf-11ed-93ea-005056992ed3 Received: from smtp.kpnmail.nl (unknown [10.31.155.8]) by ewsoutbound.so.kpn.org (Halon) with ESMTPS id 231d6a74-ecaf-11ed-93ea-005056992ed3; Sun, 07 May 2023 10:14:07 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xs4all.nl; s=xs4all01; h=content-type:from:to:subject:mime-version:date:message-id; bh=FqPfbF8qM4+8t1JQNTC178AZYofyAHaDj6M+kN0YaXw=; b=s0SJ7T6CxcaOnfHs0FLdP6OE3uA91XNONjMDcw6qLfwPUkIEgQc9UJ7Q1jlsryTPp9ujNGyDy4W9U gOIG+yIIVlhHfiAfFB90J7cQoXGLKavNMWTDk9tTdZYuo0hsuVN8+mYpT9pzE21YosjjUZ0yBp7ozb lAm8CU1JJDb3wxdcFsH6CRn6f4EPLFBZESxZc5+wXKjYWPna2fhXIEGhXYAk99/hXEout0oKUmkz8B 2JaqhWwkciXBgy/W5kueQNk8np14vghXuJcH9ALD0s4oZf2b/sZfYLrAuG1R/T4TsMedkxpjh+cE8G ah5S6rCXHnXjabqfCryM48/TcufnoeA== X-KPN-MID: 33|F7LRVJD/q503AIwdsgMJ/LZAXbIFWOYFy5KHBH0SPi+UzwiANn4fBMelqayZdWP kjCQb9aFPn+mb/ixPQUhrfaeSVPhSjx5ftZP9hM1sv0w= X-KPN-VerifiedSender: Yes X-CMASSUN: 33|b1KglUfcTdBkT2qYNrD5b/OJB/808jITDYHKsrC/nOC7EW8AY+4sy99NCn+Afff Rm+1LH5RDph3B+sazYbaDRg== X-Originating-IP: 213.125.29.162 Received: from [10.100.1.105] (d57d1da2.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [213.125.29.162]) by smtp.xs4all.nl (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 5a732c72-ecaf-11ed-b306-00505699d6e5; Sun, 07 May 2023 10:15:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 10:15:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.10.0 Content-Language: en-US To: ntg-context@ntg.nl References: <20230506161031.7650@sachi> <22CC94BB-F2DA-4716-8909-A7A6B071ED4C@ca.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <22CC94BB-F2DA-4716-8909-A7A6B071ED4C@ca.rr.com> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] new units X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.38 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Cc: Hans Hagen Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sender: "ntg-context" On 5/7/2023 4:43 AM, Michael Urban via ntg-context wrote: > If you are going to introduce new units, you should at least include the Potrzebie, invented by teenager Donald Knuth and published in the humor magazine Mad Magazine #33. The system is based on the thickness of Mad Magazine #26, equal to 2.2633484517438173216473 mm. > See the Wikipedia entry for 'potrzebie' for more information, or search for suitable images. > > Honestly, I don't know how Knuth resisted putting this in plain TeX. Plain TeX is a format so ther it would be easy, just define \newdimen\potrzebie \potrzebie = 422042sp but for a real unit you need to adapt the original engine and that will not happen because it's in bug fix only mode. Anyway, you can try it in lmtx: \startTEXpage[offset=1dk] \number\dimexpr1dk \stopTEXpage As introduced in: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb42-3/tb132hagen-dk.pdf Like the ts is makes a nice offset. 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