Am 29.11.25 um 16:37 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
On 11/29/2025 4:26 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
BTW, why does the following work without \the? Is this not a dimension?
"""
\setwidthof{ABCDE}\to\Width
{ABCDE} is \Width\ wide.
"""
because it is defined as
\permanent\protected\def\setwidthof#1\to#2{\edef#2{\widthofstring{#1}}}
actually a mkii-ish macro so one can as wel l use
\scratchdimen\widthofstring{abc}
Ah, thank you!
if you doubt if something is a dimen, use \todimension
\dimensiondef\WhatIsThis\widthofstring{abc}
\todimension\scratchdimen
\todimension10pt
\todimension{10pt + ex + \WhatIsThis}
\toscaled{10pt + ex + \WhatIsThis}
etc etc
The influx of new commands never ends …
Hraban
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