TeXunits {textutils} | R Documentation |
Translate TeX Units of Measurement
Description
Translates units of measurement known to TeX and LaTeX.
Usage
TeXunits(from, to, from.unit = NULL)
Arguments
from |
Typically character, such as |
to |
character |
from.unit |
character |
Details
Available units are centimetre (cm
), inch (in
), point
(pt
), pica (pc
), big point(bp
), millimetre
(mm
), Didot points (dd
) and Cicero (cc
).
See Chapter 10 of the TeXbook for details.
Value
numeric
Author(s)
Enrico Schumann
References
Donald E. Knuth. The TeXbook. Addison Wesley, 1986 (with corrections made in 1996).
Examples
TeXunits("1in",
c("in", "mm", "pt", "in"))
TeXunits(c("1in", "2in"),
"cm")
[Package textutils version 0.4-1 Index]