Le vendredi 2 août 2013 17:19:11 UTC+2, Skip Montanaro a écrit : > > The solely valid solution, assuming there is some wish, > > > is to define a maximal line width (preferably in SI units ;-) > > > > So, 79 * 8 points == 0.222955555696 meters, right? :-) > > > > Skip
You can correct your mistake yourself. In your equation, the unit at the left is [1] * [point] = [point], at the right the unit is [meter], obviously [point] != [meter]. Problem #1 For a tool which is supposed to be Unicode compliant, a Unicode compliant font has never a constant pitch, so counting a maximal width in number of characters does not make sense. Problem #2 The only valid constraint which makes sense is a maximal size in a length unit. Two possibilities: – if you consider your document is to be viewed as a screen document, pixel comes in mind. – if you condider your document will be printed, retain a physical unit length (cm, inch). Problem #3 cm or inch? The only serious unit is an SI unit. (In scientific publications, only SI units are accepted) Hint: Put you code in a pdf. jmf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
