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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2006-01-13 00:01:05 +0000
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+% File: settobox.sty
+% Version: 2000/09/07 v1.1
+% Author: Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek@ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
+%
+% Function: Command for getting box sizes.
+%
+% Copyright: Copyright (C) 2000 Heiko Oberdiek.
+%
+% This program may be distributed and/or modified under
+% the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License,
+% either version 1.2 of this license or (at your option)
+% any later version. The latest version of this license
+% is in
+% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+% and version 1.2 or later is part of all distributions
+% of LaTeX version 1999/12/01 or later.
+%
+% Use:
+% For easier reusing of boxes, that can be saved
+% with `\sbox' or environment `lrbox' commands
+% are defined similar to \settowidth ...
+% \settoboxwidth
+% \settoboxheight
+% \settoboxdepth
+% \settoboxtotalheight
+% They all take two arguments:
+% \settobox...{<LaTeX length>}{<LaTeX box name>}
+%
+% Example:
+% \newsavebox{\mybox}
+% \newlength{\mylength}
+% \sbox{\mybox}{Hello World}
+% \settoboxwidth{\mylength}{\mybox}
+%
+% History:
+% 2000/02/11 v1.0:
+% * First public release, written as answer in the
+% newsgroup `de.comp.text.tex' in the thread
+% `Die Hoehe von Minipages und Bild', date: 2000/02/11.
+% 2000/09/07 v1.1:
+% * Documentation added.
+% * CTAN release.
+%
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}%
+\ProvidesPackage{settobox}[2000/09/07 v1.1 Getting box sizes (HO)]
+\newcommand*{\settoboxwidth}[2]{\setlength{#1}{\wd#2}}
+\newcommand*{\settoboxheight}[2]{\setlength{#1}{\ht#2}}
+\newcommand*{\settoboxdepth}[2]{\setlength{#1}{\dp#2}}
+\newcommand*{\settoboxtotalheight}[2]{%
+ \setlength{#1}{\ht#2}%
+ \addtolength{#1}{\dp#2}%
+}
+\endinput