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From: Alexander Grahn <A.Grahn@HZDR.DE>
Subject: Re: missing l3box counterparts of graphics' \resizebox variants
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On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 09:16:32AM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote:
>On 03/07/2014 08:47, Alexander Grahn wrote:
>> Hi Joseph,
>>=20
>> On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 08:25:59AM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote:
>>> On 28/06/2014 14:04, Alexander Grahn wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 01:55:58PM +0930, Will Robertson wrote:
>>>>> On 27 Jun 2014, at 10:21 pm, Alexander Grahn <A.Grahn@HZDR.DE> wrot=
e:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The existing \box_resize:Nnn resizes width and totalheight, but I =
am
>>>>>> looking for resizing width and height.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a \box_resize_to_ht_plus_dp:Nn, but \box_resize_to_ht:Nn =
is
>>>>>> missing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Alexander,
>>>>>
>>>>> I=E2=80=99ve added this function to l3candidates for consideration =
=E2=80=94 it sounds like a sensible request to me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Will.
>>>>
>>>> The direct l3 counterpart of
>>>>
>>>>   \resizebox{<h-size>}{<v-size>}
>>>>
>>>> is missing too, since
>>>>
>>>>   \box_resize:Nnn<box>{<h-size>}{<v-size>} is
>>>>
>>>> actually
>>>>
>>>>   \resizebox*{<h-size>}{<v-size>}
>>>>
>>>> that is, after resizing, the box' totalheight is set to <v-scale>,
>>>> thus, something like \box_resize_to_wd_and_ht:Nnn to set width and
>>>> height.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Alexander.
>>>
>>> If we are having one here we should have the other: I'll add.
>>=20
>> Thanks a lot for taking it into consideration.
>>=20
>> Alexander
>
>This will be in the next release. Three questions:
>
> 1. Is this urgent (I can do a release if required)?

As for me, there is no rush. I guess `graphics' will continue to be
loaded automatically by expl3 in the medium term. So, in my package,
I am using \resizebox directly for the missing cases.

Alexander