On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 04:43:17PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > \setbox0=\vbox{... somehow flushed text ...} wount work, i.e \wd0 or \ht0 > > will both result in 0. With "unflushed" text this means will work perfectly. > > I have no idea where you get 0 (0pt?).
Nor do I, in the meantime. Sorry for my noise, I don't know what sort of mistakes I did to get "0.0pt". Corona? :-) This is my test, which is essentially the same what Aditya suggests: ----------------------------------------- \starttext \setbox0=\vbox{\hsize=300pt\input ward } \copy0 wd0=\the\wd0, ht0=\the\ht0 \vskip12pt \startalign[flushleft] \setbox1=\vbox{\hsize=300pt\input ward } \stopalign \copy1 wd1=\the\wd1, ht1=\the\ht1 \stoptext ----------------------------------------- The .pdf-file is appended Now to your proposal, Wolfgang: > > \starttexdefinition NextboxDimension > \starttabulate > \NC Width \EQ \the\nextboxwd \NC\NR > \NC Height \NC \the\nextboxht \NC\NR > \stoptabulate > \stoptexdefinition > > \starttext > > \dowithnextboxcs > \NextboxDimension > \vbox > {\samplefile{ward}} > > \dowithnextboxcs > \NextboxDimension > \vbox > {\setupalign[flushright] > \samplefile{ward}} > > \dowithnextboxcs > \NextboxDimension > \vbox > {\hsize=200pt > \samplefile{ward}} > > \dowithnextboxcs > \NextboxDimension > \vbox > {\hsize=200pt > \setupalign[flushright] > \samplefile{ward}} > > \stoptext Up to now I cannot say anything about it, because there are some commands which are new to me. I have to study them first. Thank you for your effort! Rudolf
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