> Paul Isambert <zappathustra at free.fr> wrote:
> > Mico Loretan <mico.loretan at mac.com a écrit:
> > I'm trying to create a glue node that has a specific width. Unfortunately,
> > I seem to be missing something (probably entirely trivial to somebody who
> > knows how it's done).
> >
> > Here's what I've tried so far:
> >
> > local glue = node.id ( "glue" ) -- 10
> > local gluespec = node.id ( "glue_spec" ) -- 47
> > local gluenode = node.new ( glue ) -- create the node
> > gluenode.subtype = 0 -- "skip"
> > -- what next??
> >
> > I would like to make this node have a width of 0.03em (no stretchability or
> > shrinkability needed).
> >
> > The LuaTeX reference manual (p. 178) says that I should do something with
> > the node's field called "gluenode.spec". If I understand the manual
> > correctly, this field should be a "pointer to an item of type 'glue_spec'."
> > However, there's no indication on how this should be done, and the
> > explanation of glue_spec on pp. 173f. is even terser.
>
>
> A glue node points to a glue_spec node that contains the real stuff; I
> *think* that that akward interface will disappear one day and glue
> nodes will contain their own information. Meanwhile:
>
> local gluenode = node.new(node.id("glue"))
> local gluespec = node.new(node.id("glue_spec"))
>
> gluespec.width = tex.sp("0.03em")
> gluenode.spec = gluespec
>
> Best,
> Paul
Thanks! This is exactly what I need. Best, Mico
