[texhax] \textwidth and \linewidth

[Ian Collier]

balleier at physics.utoronto.ca (Carsten Balleier) writes:
>I'm trying to typeset a document (article class) with given layout 
>parameters. Here my preamble (using letterpaper):
>
>\hoffset0in
>\oddsidemargin0.6in
>\evensidemargin0.1in
>\textwidth5.8in
>\marginparsep0in
>\marginparwidth0in
>\marginparpush0in

>I've also tried the geometry and typearea packages with equivalent 
>parameters. But in all cases, the typeset/printed lines were shorter 
>than 5.8". Even in normal text (no environment), \linewidth is shorter 
>than \textwidth. 

I tried this and all three of \linewidth, \textwidth and \hsize* were
set to 419.16621pt (5.8 inches) - but you have to set the parameters
*before* the \begin{document}.  If you are already doing this then it
is probably dependent on one of the packages you are including.
--
*\hsize is the dimension used by TeX for the width of a paragraph of text.
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