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
Wolfgang
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