On 13-6-2011 2:34, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 13.06.2011 um 14:30 schrieb luigi scarso:
How can I do the same thing in ConTeXt?
plain TeX is ok, for example,
\newdimen\AlphaBet
\bgroup \setbox10=\hbox{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
\global\AlphaBet=\wd10\egroup
\the\AlphaBet
\starttext
\dowithnextbox
{\edef\AlphabetLength{\the\nextboxwd}}%
\hbox{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
\AlphabetLength
\stoptext
Hans wrote also a command for this but it never went into core:
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070314.120612.adab0a8b.en.html
Ok, I'll add it. There will also be an expandable variant (proper
typeset but the string must be utf characters only)
\starttext
\setwidthof{Robin Kirkham}\to\whatever
\whatever=\widthofstring{Robin Kirkham}
\stoptext
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