Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent to \settowidth

14 Mar 2007

      2007/3/14, Robin Kirkham :
...
Hi all,
Is there a ConTeXt equivalent to LaTeX \settowidth{}, or better still
some macro I can do things like
\setupsomething[
     ...
     width={\widthof{\bf sometext\emspace}},
     ...]
Cheers,
Robin
Hi Robin,

I don't know if there is something build in but the following definition
should
work for simple cases.

\def\widthof#1%
  {\bgroup
   \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}%
   \the\wd\scratchbox%
   \egroup}

\starttext

\getrawparameters
  [robin]
  [width=\widthof{Robin Kirkham}]

\robinwidth

\stoptext

Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent to \settowidth

Wolfgang Schuster