Is there a way to put \showbox into the page?

Asked Jul 15 '19 at 20:02

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I am reading the Texbook, and there in exercise 11.2 (and the preceding page) there is a conversation of exploring box structure. The idea is that it may be put into a register that is then logged.

I have managed to obtain the contents of the register with the box structure into the log or console, via this code:

\setbox0=\hbox{{\it Some text.\/}}
\showoutput
\showbox0

I wonder if I can have whatever it says in the console typeset to the printed page instead, automatically.

asked Jul 15 '19 at 20:02

Ignat Insarov

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luatex yes (although not a built in function) other engines not so easily – David Carlisle Jul 15 '19 at 20:13
The easiest way to do this is to use \showoutput first in a separate file and then include the log (or part of the log) verbatim in your main document. – David Carlisle Jul 16 '19 at 06:52

Is there a way to put \showbox into the page?

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