Re: [NTG-context] Calculating with \measure

19 Mar 2017

      On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:18:48 +0100
Wolfgang Schuster  wrote:
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Is it possible to calculate with \measure or do I have to resort to
dimens? Example:
\definemeasure [mymeasure] [4cm]
\newdimen\mydim \mydim4cm
\starttext
\framed[width=4cm]{Foobar}
\framed[width=\measure{mymeasure}]{Foobar}
\framed[width=2\mydim]{Foobar}
\framed[width=2\measure{mymeasure}]{Foobar}
\stoptext  
You can use \measured
That's what I was looking for.
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or just create more named lengths.
\definemeasure [onemeasure] [4cm]
\definemeasure [twomeasure] [\measure{onemeasure}*2]
%\definemeasure [twomeasure] [2\measured{onemeasure}]
That's exactly what I initially did. After I ended up with

  \measure{Small}
  \measure{TwoSmall}
  \measure{ThreeSmall}
  \measure{FourSmall}
  \measure{Big}
  \measure{TwoBig}
  \measure{ThreeBig}
  \measure{FourBig}

I deleted the whole mess and went with \dimen.

Thanks for the quick response.

Marco

Re: [NTG-context] Calculating with \measure

Marco Patzer