Re: [NTG-context] \limitatefirstline (or slave to the wiki)

11 Sep 2005


      Peter Rolf wrote:

another one

\def\limitatefirstline#1#2#3%
  {\hbox\bgroup\strut
   \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\begstrut#1\endstrut}%
   \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>#2\relax
     \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#3}%
     \hsize#2\relax
     \advance\hsize-\wd\scratchbox
     \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\forgetall\veryraggedright#1}%
     \setbox\scratchbox\vsplit\scratchbox to \lineheight
     \vbox
       {\unvbox\scratchbox
        \global\setbox\plusone\lastbox
        \global\setbox\plusone\hbox{\strut\unhbox\plusone}%
        \hbox % to #2
          {\ifx\clip\undefined
             \box\plusone
           \else\ifdim\wd\plusone>\hsize
             
\lower\strutdepth\hbox{\clip[\c!width=\hsize,\c!height=\lineheight]{\hbox{\raise\strutdepth\box\plusone}}}%
           \else
             \box\plusone
           \fi\fi
           \removeunwantedspaces#3}}% \removeunwantedspaces\hss#3}}%
   \else
     #1%
   \fi
   \egroup}

Hans


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