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[Robert Lamar <address@hidden>]

Fellow TeXmacs users,

Can someone tell me the difference between the 'assign' command and the
'with' command?  The attached file has three tables, whose width is set
by a variable.  The first two are set by 'assign'.  The third is set
with 'with'.  However, my use of 'with' does not seem to alter the
variable in the manner I expect.

Please shed some light on this if you can.

Thanks,
Robert Lamar

<TeXmacs|1.0.6.7>

<style|generic>

<\body>
  
<assign|widthed-box|<macro|width|text|<tabular|<tformat|<twith|table-lborder|.1pt>|<twith|table-rborder|.1pt>|<twith|table-bborder|.1pt>|<twith|table-tborder|.1pt>|<cwith|1|1|1|1|cell-width|<arg|width>>|<cwith|1|1|1|1|cell-hmode|exact>|<table|<row|<cell|<arg|text>>>>>>>>

  <assign|mywidth|1par>

  <widthed-box|<value|mywidth>|This box is a full paragraph in width.>

  <assign|mywidth|.5par>

  <widthed-box|<value|mywidth>|This box is half a paragraph in width.>

  <with|<value|mywidth>|.75par|<widthed-box|<value|mywidth>|This box ought to
  be somewhere in the middle.>>
</body>

<\initial>
  <\collection>
    <associate|language|british>
    <associate|preamble|false>
  </collection>
</initial>