[luatex] void box

[Patrick Gundlach]

Am 07.02.2012 um 18:48 schrieb Andreas Matthias:

> 
> Actually I was just looking for a simple node as a starting point
> for a list of nodes which are generated in some kind of loop.
> I think an hlist node is very suitable for this:
> 
> 
> list = node.new(node.id('hlist'))

you can say: node.new("hlist")


> curr = list
> 
> for i=0,5 do
>    n = node.new(node.id('glyph'))
>    n.font=1
>    n.char=97+i
> 
>    curr.next = n
>    curr = n
> end

that's fine, but you don't use 'list', right?

you can create a node chain and use node.hpack(mychain) to get a hbox. You don't need one from start.

Patrick