On 6/23/2023 3:21 PM, Carlos via ntg-context wrote:
I'm not sure how you can mess up glue so that the box is no longer a box.
Boxes remain boxes.
I guess that's the same mentality behind a fixed glue in LMTX, while
trying not to mess up the box. Back to point A and the main reason of the
op's
On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 01:38:23PM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
> On 6/23/2023 12:43 PM, Carlos via ntg-context wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 03:32:25PM +0200, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
> > wrote:
> > > \starttext
> > > x \rightarrowfill x
> > >
> > > x
On 6/23/2023 12:43 PM, Carlos via ntg-context wrote:
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 03:32:25PM +0200, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
wrote:
\starttext
x \rightarrowfill x
x \leftarrowfill x
hbox to 5cm:
y\hbox to5cm{\rightarrowfill}y
y\hbox to5cm{\leftarrowfill}y
\stoptext
But
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 03:32:25PM +0200, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
wrote:
> \starttext
>x \rightarrowfill x
>
>x \leftarrowfill x
>
> hbox to 5cm:
>
>y\hbox to5cm{\rightarrowfill}y
>
>y\hbox to5cm{\leftarrowfill}y
> \stoptext
>
> But obviously not in an dimensioned
On 6/22/2023 3:32 PM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote:
\starttext
x \rightarrowfill x
x \leftarrowfill x
hbox to 5cm:
y\hbox to5cm{\rightarrowfill}y
y\hbox to5cm{\leftarrowfill}y
\stoptext
But obviously not in an dimensioned \hbox, whereas Knuth's version does that
\starttext x \rightarrowfill x x \leftarrowfill xhbox to 5cm: y\hbox to5cm{\rightarrowfill}y y\hbox to5cm{\leftarrowfill}y\stoptextBut obviously not in an dimensioned \hbox, whereas Knuth's version does that too.
On 22 Jun 2023, at 15:11, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: x
On 6/21/2023 10:10 PM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote:
A few days ago I drew attention to the fact that \rightarrowfill and
\leftarrowfill are broken in the latest ConTeXt. Imho that should not happen
with basic TeX macro's.
Although one can recreate their definitions from the
A few days ago I drew attention to the fact that \rightarrowfill and \leftarrowfill are broken in the latest ConTeXt. Imho that should not happen with basic TeX macro's.Although one can recreate their definitions from the TeX-book (see the MWE attached), I still do not understand why it should be
