Re: Recreating length-specs

[Brandon Ibach <bibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Light said:
> 
> [...]
> 
> The problem is that in my FOT input, the length-specs have been
> converted to dimensionless quantities, e.g.:
> 
> <paragraph space-before.min=6000 ...
> 
> How do I convert them back?  There is a (quantity->number) procedure,
> but not (number->quantity).
> 
> Also, in what dimensions is the FOT output expressed?
> 
   Well, internally, Jade stores quantities in points (pt).  So, I'd
guess that's what the FOT output is in, too.  So, to convert 6000 to
6000pt, just do (* 6000 1pt).
   (define num->pts (lambda (x) (* x 1pt)))

-Brandon :)


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