Re: [TS 27522]--Re:Re: PageWidth option is not measured in characters
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- Subject: [mg70736] Re: [TS 27522]--Re:Re: PageWidth option is not measured in characters
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:40:03 -0400 (EDT)
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I, too, think it is in printers points for non-keyboard character displays. However, the docs don't come out and say it ... which can be a little confusing when other typesetting commands, such as the GridBox option for column spacing actually do measure in "characters" (AFAIK) Maybe this is could be a candidate for a quick documentation patch? Peace, On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:30:04 UT, mathgroup <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net> wrote: > -- Wolfram Research Technical Support -- > > This is a response to your email. > The reply to your question can be found at the bottom of this message. > Our classification number for this message is: [TS 27522] > Please give this number in any future correspondence > related to this question. If you leave this number in > the Subject: [mg70736] header in the form [TS 27522], it will > automatically be reassigned to the original technician. > > From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:23:24 -0500 > Subject: [mg70736] Re: PageWidth option is not measured in characters > > The Help Browser says: > > "explicit width in characters" > > in its description, which was the reason for the previous message. > > On 10/21/06, Chris Chiasson <chris at chiasson.name> wrote: > > In[1]:= > > PageWidth::usage > > > > Out[1]= > > PageWidth is an option for output streams and for cells which specifies how \ > > wide each line of text should be allowed to be. > > > > In[2]:= > > DisplayForm@Cell[BoxData["here is some text"],PageWidth\[Rule]50] > > > > the output looks like > > > > here is > > some > > text > > > > > > meaning that, at least in the front end, the PageWidth option is not > > measured in characters > > > > -- > > http://chris.chiasson.name/ > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Chris, > > The way I read the docs on this is that n as explicit width in characters > is the unit measure for Streams, while the unit measure for Cells has n > being printer's points > > ---------------- > ◼ PageWidth is an option for output streams and for cells which specifies how wide each line of text should be allowed to be. > > ◼ Possible settings for output streams are: > > Infinity , an infinite width (no linebreaking) }, > n , explicit width in characters > > ◼ SetOptions[stream, PageWidth -> val] resets the line width allowed for an open stream. > ----------------- > ◼ Possible settings for cells are: > > WindowWidth , the width of the window on the screen > PaperWidth , the width of the page as it would be printed > n , explicit width given in printer's points > > > Your example with three inches worth of points comes out on one line: > > In[4]:= > DisplayForm@Cell[BoxData["here is some text"],PageWidth\[Rule] 3*72] > > > Out[4]// > > here is some text > > > Tom Zeller > Wolfram Research Technical Support > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > If this issue is resolved, please consider taking a few minutes > to give us some feedback on your experience. Please visit > http://support.wolfram.com/survey/?trackingnumber=27522 > and give your honest answers to these three short questions. > Thanks for taking the time to help us improve. > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/