On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Willi Egger <context@boede.nl> wrote:

Hello!

I just downloaded yesterday night's version of Context and tried the example provided. - What is wrong with the first line with the \hbox? This stretched text is as long as the second line and uses the whole text width. The third line has a width of 10cm as it seems.

\ruledhbox to 5cm{\stretched{to the limit}}

means that the box has 5cm, but \stretched must use some horizontal size (i.e \hsize)

to stretch the text. The twos are different lengths: it doesn't make much sense to strecth the text "to the limit" to its natural width (yes, it makes sense --- stretched is nil)

try

\ruledhbox to 5cm{\stretched{to the limit}}

\ruledhbox to 5cm{\hsize=5cm\stretched{to the limit}}

\ruledhbox to 5cm{\hsize=0cm\stretched{to the limit}}

\ruledhbox{\stretched{to the limit}}

\ruledhbox{\stretched[width=10cm]{to the limit}}

--
luigi