1.114.3 Get methods

parbox <-find: code -> tuple

Recursively traverse the parbox object and parboxes displayed on them (possibly embedded in one or more device layers), applying Considition to each hbox object encountered using the following parameters:

@receiver:	Considered parbox
@arg1	Considered hbox
@arg2	Index of @arg2 in @receiver

On success, a tuple object containing the parbox and index of the hbox are returned.

Typically, this method is used to locate anchors. Class hbox is therefore subclassed and decorated with identifying information for the anchor. parbox<-find is then used to locate an instance with the desired property of the anchor class.

See also parbox<-box_area.

parbox <-minimum_width: -> int

Return hbox<-width of largest hbox object in paragraph. It is not desirable to make the paragraph smaller (see parbox->line_width) than this size.

Introduced to support the compuation of column widths in table objects whose cells are filled with parbox objects.