[NTG-pdftex] [pdftex-Bugs][4317] \pdfstartlink node doesn't show its node contents

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Bugs item #4317, was opened at 2010-08-25 13:47
Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Heiko Oberdiek (oberdiek)
>Assigned to: The Thanh Han (hanthethanh)
Summary: \pdfstartlink node doesn't show its node contents 
Category: Primitives
Group: None
>Resolution: Accepted


Initial Comment:
\showlists and \showbox are useful tools for debugging.
However the node generated by \pdfstartlink does not show
its children.

Example for iniTeX or plain TeX:

\catcode`\{=1
\catcode`\}=2
\pdfoutput=1
\hsize=100pt
\parfillskip=0pt plus 1fil
\showboxdepth=1000
\showboxbreadth=1000
\tracingonline=1

\setbox0=\hbox{%
  \pdfstartlink user{}%
    \vrule width 10pt height 10pt
  \pdfendlink
}\showbox0

\noindent
\vrule width 20pt height 20pt
\hbox{\vrule width 30pt height 30pt}%
\pdfstartlink user{}%
\vrule width 40pt height 40pt
\pdfendlink
\par
\showlists
\end

The output does not show the rule for 10pt and 40pt, e.g.
  > \box0=
  \hbox(10.0+0.0)x10.0
  .\pdfstartlink(*+*)x* action user{}

Yours sincerely
  Heiko

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