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tex >> Get height of stored box

by Peter Jaros » Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:20:06 GMT

If I've got a box \storedbox, how do I get the height of it?
Specifically, how do I get a \rule to be the same height as a box? I
figured \settoheight{\ruleheight}{\usebox{\storedbox}} would do it, but
it doesn't. Neither does \settoheight{\ruleheight}{\storedbox}.

What's the right way to do this?

Peter

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tex >> Get height of stored box

by Donald Arseneau » Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:40:53 GMT


Peter Jaros < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > writes:


It does work, so you must have done something else, like...


which is surely wrong.

Maybe you just didn't like the "height" you got, because
you expected height+depth. I don't think there is a
\settototalheight, but there should be.

All \settoheight does is put your box in another box, to
get the height. Since you have a box already, there is no
need for this step, and you can use

\ht\storedbox

directly. (No braces because \ht is not an official LaTeX
command but a TeX primitive.)

Donald Arseneau XXXX@XXXXX.COM


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