Thanks to Cyrille and Lars for their explanations. I think I understand the desired solution, but I wonder if (in the meantime) something useful might not be achievable at the PS level (at least for Latin 1 users). Specifically, rather than worrying about the inability to query the PS interpreter about stringwidths, how about forcing a string width (e.g., via awidthshow) on the PS interpreter. The result might be quite reasonable as long as the initial width estimate isn't absurd.
fwiw, Alan Isaac _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
