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In article <1992Aug23.072029.18770@chpc.utexas.edu>
jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg) writes [I asked]:
>In a LaTeX style file, how can I set \dimen\tabwidth to the width
>of {\tt xxxxxxxx} in the *current* size?  All of my attempts so far
>yield \normalsize\tt.

Oops, I need a \skip, not a \dimen.  To rephrase my question:

In a LaTeX style file, how can I set a skip register \tabwidth
to the width of {\tt xxxxxxxx} in the *current* size, i.e.

	\newskip\tabwidth%%%
	\setbox0=\hbox{\scriptsize\tt xxxxxxxx}%%%
	\tabwidth=\wd0%%%

except using whatever the current size is, not hard-wiring in
\scriptsize?

Thanks,

- Jonathan Thornburg
  <jonathan@einstein.ph.utexas.edu> or <jonathan@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu>
  University of Texas at Austin / Physics Dept / Center for Relativity
  and (for a few more months) U of British Columbia / {Astronomy,Physics}