[XeTeX] Help in Tex and PDF Positions

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 07.01.2009 um 11:06 schrieb Francisco Chaves:

> Is there any way of print the position of a box in the log or any  
> other file
> or I can add a signature PDF field with a LaTeX command?

When you look at the code that builds such a box, you can see  
dimensions used. These can be printed to the LOG file as this example  
shows:

	\newsavebox{\rulebox}
	\newlength{\ruledimen}
	\begin{document}
	\sbox{\rulebox}{\makebox[1cm]{\hrulefill}}%
	\settoheight{\ruledimen}{\usebox{\rulebox}}%
	\typeout{\the\ruledimen}%
	Default rule height is \the\ruledimen.
	\settodepth{\ruledimen}{\usebox{\rulebox}}%
	\typeout{\the\ruledimen}%
	Default rule depth is \the\ruledimen.
	\end{document}

With

	\immediate\write16{\jobname: some text}

you could send information to the shell/console window. LaTeXiT also  
shows how this can be done.

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   Pete

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