The box solution works fine, but
>
> %%% MVL solution
> \tracingall
> \directlua{dofile("mknodes.lua")}
> \bye
>
> -- mknodes.lua
> local tenpt = 10 * 2^16
>
> local r = node.new("rule")
> r.width = tenpt
> r.height = tenpt
> r.depth = tenpt
>
> local v = node.vpack(r)
> node.write(v)this one does not work. See the reply to Paul: I am still interested in a solution without an intermediate box. Thanks Patrick
