Command/determinenoflines

\determinenoflines

Summary

The command \determinenoflines calculates the number of lines of the given text.

Settings

\determinenoflines{...}
{...}	content

Description

From Dain88, March 2021.

Examples

Example 1

• \setuppapersize[A7,landscape]
  \startbuffer
    \input tufte
  \stopbuffer
  
  \starttext
  \determinenoflines{\getbuffer}
  
  The number of the lines given text is $\the\noflines$.
  
  \getbuffer
  \stoptext
  

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Interesting example of Hans

• \def\determinednoflines#1%
   {\localcontrolled{\determinenoflines{#1}}\noflines}
  
  \startbuffer
     \input tufte
  \stopbuffer
  
  \starttext
  
  %\fillinrules[n=\determinednoflines{\getbuffer},
  %width=fit]{first}
  %\fillinrules[n=\determinednoflines{\getbuffer},
  %width=broad]{first}
  %\fillinrules[n=\determinednoflines{\getbuffer},
  %width=3cm]{first}
  \fillinrules[n=\determinednoflines{\getbuffer},
  width=3cm,distance=.5em,separator=:]{first}
  \fillinrules[n=\determinednoflines{\getbuffer}]{first}{last}
  
  \stoptext
  
  

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See also

• supp-box.mkiv

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