Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Ricard Roca wrote:
>
>> I think that's not possible because of TeX. TeX limits any dimension to 2^30
>> scaled points (~5.75 m).
>>
>
> I just realized you can cheat just a little:
>
> \hsize=575cm
> \advance \hsize \hsize
>
interesting indeed because normally tex checks for overflows when
calculating
> \message{\the\hsize} % reports 32720.66928pt ~ 11.5m
>
> A nice one for Pavel's new 'TeX surprises' in eurobachotex
> next year.
>
>
actually, one can put stuff in a vbox till tex's mem overflows, and even split
off pieces, as long as one does not calculate using the dimensions of a box;
tex's overflow check only happens when doing explicit calculations
Hans
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