Just glancing through the geometry.sty file, it looks like it's done with lots of \addtolength and \setlength commands.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > hi, > how can you {add,multiply,negate,divide} two scalars in TeX/LaTeX? > > in a new command that i am writing (it places a \picture), i want to > use one of the two arguments (width) and \linewidth or \textwidth to > calculate the remaining horizontal space i have (for another picture). > > i know i can convert a #1 argument of a command into a \length with > \newlength\setlength, but how can i mathematically combine multiple > \lengths? i know it's possible, though maybe not on the LaTeX level. > > any clues? > > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > please keep your hands off the secretary's reproducing equipment. >
