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Article #1356Re: Question: page size
From: David Kastrup
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 11:34
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 11:34
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dnc@roddenberry.uucp (David Cohen) writes: >One idea I've had is to put the contents of a file into a box, say \box0. >Then I could make \vsize and \hsize reflect the dimensions of that box. >Unfortunately, I can't find any way to get the width and height of a >box (despite a lot of reading in the TeXbook). Is there a way? >It seems like there should be. Well, the sizes are in \wd0 (width of box 0), \ht0 (height) and \dp0 (depth). Should be findable in the TeXbook. This of course is for \box0.
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