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% author : Hans Hagen
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% license : Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International
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\bitwiseflip \normalizelinemode \plusthree
\usemodule[magazine-basic,abr-02]
\usemodule[scite]
\startbuffer[abstract]
Here is yet another short example of a feature introduced in \CONTEXT\ \LMTX.
It is mostly meant as teaser: maybe users have additional demands for this
low level mechanisn.
\stopbuffer
\setuplayout
[backspace=20mm,
topspace=10mm]
\startdocument
[title={Playing with boxes, a teaser},
author={Hans Hagen},
%affiliation=PRAGMA ADE,
date=August 2020,
number=1105 LMTX]
When a paragraph is typeset in a vertical box, we get a bunch of lines pasted
together. If you want to change something in the result, you can disassemble that
box in detailed ways (in \LUA) but maybe it's something simple that you like to
do. For that we have a an interface to the lines on such a box. We start with a
few settings:
\starttyping[option=TEX]
\bitwiseflip \normalizelinemode \plusthree % indent and normalize
\stoptyping
These two settings will become default in \CONTEXT\ \LMTX, but here we need them in
order to show some properties of boxes.
\startbuffer[sample]
\setbox0\ruledvbox \bgroup
\leftskip 10pt
\rightskip 20pt
\hangindent 40pt
\hangafter 2
\parindent 5pt
\parfillleftskip 80pt plus 1 fill
\parfillrightskip 40pt plus 1 fill
\input tufte
\egroup
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[sample][option=TEX]
This box has a bit weird setup but we want to demonstrate something to it's okay:
\startlinecorrection
\getbuffer[sample] \box0
\stoplinecorrection
In case you wonder, the left and right parskips are a \MKIV\ thing and supported
in \LMTX\ in a more advanced way. The left one can be used to push the last line
to the right.
\startbuffer[overview]
\dorecurse {\boxlines 0} {
[#1] (%
\the\boxlinewd 0 #1, \the\boxlineht 0 #1, \the\boxlinedp 0 #1,
\the\boxlinels 0 #1, \the\boxliners 0 #1,
\the\boxlinelh 0 #1, \the\boxlinerh 0 #1,
\the\boxlinein 0 #1, \the\boxlinelp 0 #1, \the\boxlinerp 0 #1
) \par
}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[overview][option=TEX]
\getbuffer[sample]
\startpacked \tt \txx
\getbuffer[overview]
\stoppacked
The properties of a line are: width, height and depth, left and right skip,
applied left and right hang, indentation (of the first line), left and right
filler of the last line. You can use the commands shown as other dimensions, so
\type {\the} is only needed when you serialize a property.
Some properties can be changed (others might follow later). Here we change the
width of line four (the equal sign is optional):
\startbuffer
\the\boxlinewd 0 4 \space& \boxlinewd 0 4 = 40pt \the\boxlinewd 0 4
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX]
We get: \inlinebuffer . We can detach a line from the box. Here we put two lines
in another box that gets assigned to a box register, and a third line is assigned
to a box register as|-|is:
\startbuffer
\setbox2\ruledhbox{\copyboxline 0 2}
\setbox4\ruledhbox{\boxline 0 4}
\setbox6 \boxline 0 6
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX] \getbuffer
The result is:
\startbuffer
[2] [\box2] \par
[4] [\box4] \par
[6] [\box6] \par
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX]
\startlinecorrection
\startpacked
\getbuffer
\stoppacked
\stoplinecorrection
You can query the natural width, height and depth too:
\startbuffer
used width : \the\boxlinewd 0 5, natural width : \the\boxlinenw 0 5
used heigth : \the\boxlineht 0 5, natural height : \the\boxlinenh 0 5
used depth : \the\boxlinedp 0 5, natural depth : \the\boxlinend 0 5
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX] \startlines \getbuffer \stoplines
Next we replace an existing line by a new line:
\startbuffer
\setboxline 0 3 \hbox {\darkred \bold This is a replacement line!}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX] \getbuffer
The original box is now:
\startlinecorrection
\box0
\stoplinecorrection
We can repack the box with the usual \TEX\ commands: \type {\vpack {\unvbox0}}
but here we just did a \type {\box0}.
An example of a more useful application is the following. First we fill a box:
\startbuffer
\setbox\scratchbox\ruledvbox \bgroup
\input ward
\egroup
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX] \getbuffer
With little effort we can add line numbers:
\startbuffer
\ruledvbox \bgroup
\dorecurse {\boxlines \scratchbox} {%
\dontleavehmode
\strut
\llap{\hbox to 1.5em{\txx#1\hss}}\boxline \scratchbox #1\par
}
}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer[option=TEX]
The result is:
\startlinecorrection
{\forgetall \getbuffer}
\stoplinecorrection
\stopdocument
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