Why does additional brace group cause settominwidth to complain about missing }
I'm using the pbox package's settominwidth command to measure the typeset width of text that includes explicit line breaks (which is a case in which standard LaTeX's settowidth doesn't work).
In the following MWE, I add a brace group to localize the effect of a color switch (color{red}). Adding the brace group causes an error when that command is passed to settominwidth: Missing } inserted.
I'd like to know what's illegitimate about adding the brace group. (Note that the color switch without the added brace group, in textA, doesn't raise a complaint.)
I'm also curious why settominwidth reports about 2pt more width for widthB than for widthA, but that's not a mandatory part of the solution.
I realize that, in this limited MWE, I could avoid the issue by using textcolor{red}{someText} instead, but this MWE is abstracted from a larger context in which a switch is preferable.
Stack Exchange suggested as a "similar question": "Why can't I use braces in an if… fi group?". Perhaps it holds the key, but I don't know enough about settominwidth to know.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{pbox}
usepackage{xcolor}
setlength{parindent}{0pt}
newlength{widthA}
newlength{widthB}
newcommand{textA}{color{blue} One \ Two}
newcommand{textB}{{color{red} One \ Two}}
settominwidth{widthA}{textA}
settominwidth{widthB}{textB}
begin{document}
texttt{textbackslash{}widthA}: thewidthA\
texttt{textbackslash{}widthB}: thewidthB
textA
textB
After text
end{document}
boxes grouping
asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
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I'm using the pbox package's settominwidth command to measure the typeset width of text that includes explicit line breaks (which is a case in which standard LaTeX's settowidth doesn't work).
In the following MWE, I add a brace group to localize the effect of a color switch (color{red}). Adding the brace group causes an error when that command is passed to settominwidth: Missing } inserted.
I'd like to know what's illegitimate about adding the brace group. (Note that the color switch without the added brace group, in textA, doesn't raise a complaint.)
I'm also curious why settominwidth reports about 2pt more width for widthB than for widthA, but that's not a mandatory part of the solution.
I realize that, in this limited MWE, I could avoid the issue by using textcolor{red}{someText} instead, but this MWE is abstracted from a larger context in which a switch is preferable.
Stack Exchange suggested as a "similar question": "Why can't I use braces in an if… fi group?". Perhaps it holds the key, but I don't know enough about settominwidth to know.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{pbox}
usepackage{xcolor}
setlength{parindent}{0pt}
newlength{widthA}
newlength{widthB}
newcommand{textA}{color{blue} One \ Two}
newcommand{textB}{{color{red} One \ Two}}
settominwidth{widthA}{textA}
settominwidth{widthB}{textB}
begin{document}
texttt{textbackslash{}widthA}: thewidthA\
texttt{textbackslash{}widthB}: thewidthB
textA
textB
After text
end{document}
boxes grouping
asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
4831410
add a comment |
I'm using the pbox package's settominwidth command to measure the typeset width of text that includes explicit line breaks (which is a case in which standard LaTeX's settowidth doesn't work).
In the following MWE, I add a brace group to localize the effect of a color switch (color{red}). Adding the brace group causes an error when that command is passed to settominwidth: Missing } inserted.
I'd like to know what's illegitimate about adding the brace group. (Note that the color switch without the added brace group, in textA, doesn't raise a complaint.)
I'm also curious why settominwidth reports about 2pt more width for widthB than for widthA, but that's not a mandatory part of the solution.
I realize that, in this limited MWE, I could avoid the issue by using textcolor{red}{someText} instead, but this MWE is abstracted from a larger context in which a switch is preferable.
Stack Exchange suggested as a "similar question": "Why can't I use braces in an if… fi group?". Perhaps it holds the key, but I don't know enough about settominwidth to know.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{pbox}
usepackage{xcolor}
setlength{parindent}{0pt}
newlength{widthA}
newlength{widthB}
newcommand{textA}{color{blue} One \ Two}
newcommand{textB}{{color{red} One \ Two}}
settominwidth{widthA}{textA}
settominwidth{widthB}{textB}
begin{document}
texttt{textbackslash{}widthA}: thewidthA\
texttt{textbackslash{}widthB}: thewidthB
textA
textB
After text
end{document}
boxes grouping
asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
4831410
I'm using the pbox package's settominwidth command to measure the typeset width of text that includes explicit line breaks (which is a case in which standard LaTeX's settowidth doesn't work).
In the following MWE, I add a brace group to localize the effect of a color switch (color{red}). Adding the brace group causes an error when that command is passed to settominwidth: Missing } inserted.
I'd like to know what's illegitimate about adding the brace group. (Note that the color switch without the added brace group, in textA, doesn't raise a complaint.)
I'm also curious why settominwidth reports about 2pt more width for widthB than for widthA, but that's not a mandatory part of the solution.
I realize that, in this limited MWE, I could avoid the issue by using textcolor{red}{someText} instead, but this MWE is abstracted from a larger context in which a switch is preferable.
Stack Exchange suggested as a "similar question": "Why can't I use braces in an if… fi group?". Perhaps it holds the key, but I don't know enough about settominwidth to know.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{pbox}
usepackage{xcolor}
setlength{parindent}{0pt}
newlength{widthA}
newlength{widthB}
newcommand{textA}{color{blue} One \ Two}
newcommand{textB}{{color{red} One \ Two}}
settominwidth{widthA}{textA}
settominwidth{widthB}{textB}
begin{document}
texttt{textbackslash{}widthA}: thewidthA\
texttt{textbackslash{}widthB}: thewidthB
textA
textB
After text
end{document}
boxes grouping
boxes grouping
asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
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asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
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asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
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asked Dec 23 at 18:55
Jim Ratliff
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asked Dec 23 at 18:55
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settominwidth uses internally a tabular. This means that you are doing
begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
{color{red} One \ Two}
end{tabular}
And this doesn't work as cell are groups.
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument ofsettominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?
– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
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settominwidth uses internally a tabular. This means that you are doing
begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
{color{red} One \ Two}
end{tabular}
And this doesn't work as cell are groups.
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument ofsettominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?
– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
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settominwidth uses internally a tabular. This means that you are doing
begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
{color{red} One \ Two}
end{tabular}
And this doesn't work as cell are groups.
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument ofsettominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?
– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
add a comment |
settominwidth uses internally a tabular. This means that you are doing
begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
{color{red} One \ Two}
end{tabular}
And this doesn't work as cell are groups.
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
settominwidth uses internally a tabular. This means that you are doing
begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
{color{red} One \ Two}
end{tabular}
And this doesn't work as cell are groups.
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
answered Dec 23 at 20:22
Ulrike Fischer
186k7290669
186k7290669
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument ofsettominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?
– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
add a comment |
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument ofsettominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?
– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument of
settominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
what would be the general formulation of what you can't do in the argument of
settominwidth? Is it just that you can't encapsulate the entire argument in a brace group? Or is it more general than that?– Jim Ratliff
Dec 23 at 20:30
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