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From: pyt@hprpcd.HP.COM (Pierre-Yves Thoulon)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Box height in LaTeX ???
Message-ID: <15220001@hprpcd.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Jul 90 17:01:11 GMT
Organization: HP Roseville Site
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LaTeX allows me to set a length command to the width of a box by doing
something like:

% define the box
\newsavebox{\boxone}
\sbox{\boxone}{%
%definition of box goes here
}

% define and assign a new legth command
\newlength{\lenghtcmd}
\settowidth{\lengthcmd}{\usebox{\boxone}


Does anybody know a way of doing the same thing with the height of
the box rather than the width (in LaTeX or just plain TeX) ?

Thanks for your help.
Pierre-Yves Thoulon.
pyt%hprvlc0@hplabs.hp.com