Am 26.11.25 um 09:53 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
On 11/25/2025 10:54 PM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote:
\normalexpanded{\noexpand\unit{\the\nodimen #2 \scratchdimen}}
in lmtx you can just use \expanded
Great, another puzzle piece. But it doesn’t stop here:
Can I apply a format code, e.g. for rounding, to use such a dimension
with \unit?
"""
\newdimen\Indent
\Indent=12pt
Indent is \the\Indent\ wide.
That’s \the\nodimen mm\Indent in metric.
Nicely formatted:
\expanded{\unit{\the\nodimen mm \Indent}}.
% I’d like to round/cut this to 2 digits, like
\unit{__,__1.23 mm}
"""
BTW, why does the following work without \the? Is this not a dimension?
"""
\setwidthof{ABCDE}\to\Width
{ABCDE} is \Width\ wide.
"""
Hraban
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