Hans Hagen wrote:
> Peter Rolf wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've used \doboundtext so far, to crop my text exactly as I want it. But
>> now I've problems with text, that contains a \underbar token. It seems,
>> that \handletokens can't handle \underbar.
>>
>> The other cropping alternative, \limitatetext, perfectly works with
>> \underbar, but it's useless for me, as it cropps off only at word
>> boundaries. mhh..
>>
>> Is there an (more or less) easy way to solve my problem?
>> I don't need a full solution; any hints are welcome.
>>
>>
> here is a full solution; it's up to you to add documentation to the wiki
Many thanks! I'll add the text cropping stuff to the wiki as soon as
possible.
Greetings,
Peter
> (the macro will be in the next release)
>
> \def\limitatefirstline#1#2#3%
> {\hbox\bgroup\strut
> \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}%
> \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>#2\relax
> \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#3}%
> \hsize#2\relax
> \advance\hsize-\wd\scratchbox
> \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\forgetall#1}%
> \setbox\scratchbox\vsplit\scratchbox to \lineheight
> \vbox{\unvbox\scratchbox}%
> #3%
> \else
> #1%
> \fi
> \egroup}
>
> \starttext
>
> \limitatefirstline{\input tufte\relax}{10cm}{\unknown}
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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