Is it possible to add macro lengths
with manually coded numbers or with other macros
in a length input,
(as opposed to needing to use \addlength)?
MWE:
See \setlength{\xfootskip}{\xfootheight plus 0.25in}
[Please do not focus on use of KOMA with geometry ; j ]
\documentclass{scrreprt}
% Page size, margin, and header/footer settings:
% Enable "showframe" when editing margins
\usepackage{showframe} % Uncomment this to display header/footer/margins outlines.
\usepackage{geometry}
% General margin settings:
\newlength{\xhmargin } \setlength{\xhmargin }{1.000in}
\newlength{\xlmargin } \setlength{\xlmargin }{1.500in}
\newlength{\xrmargin } \setlength{\xrmargin }{\xhmargin}
\newlength{\xtmargin } \setlength{\xtmargin }{1.000in} % Actual tmargin = [\xtmargin - \xheadheight]
\newlength{\xbmargin } \setlength{\xbmargin }{1.000in} % Actual bmargin = [\xbmargin - \xfootskip ]
% Header margin settings:
\newlength{\xheadheight} \setlength{\xheadheight}{0.500in}
\newlength{\xheadsep } \setlength{\xheadsep }{1.000em}
% Footer margin settings:
\newlength{\xfootheight} \setlength{\xfootheight}{0.500in}
\newlength{\xfootskip } \setlength{\xfootskip }{\xfootheight plus 0.25in} % [Set = Footheight + desired Footsep]
\KOMAoptions{fontsize = 10pt,
parskip = half-,
headings = small,
headheight = \xheadheight,
footheight = \xfootheight,
DIV = current}
\geometry{letterpaper,
tmargin = \xtmargin,
bmargin = \xbmargin,
lmargin = \xlmargin,
rmargin = \xrmargin,
headsep = \xheadsep,
footskip = \xfootskip}
\begin{document}
A
\end{document}
Best Answer
The syntax
tells TeX that
\xfootskip
has natural width equal to\xfootheight
and a stretchability of 0.25in.Note that this works just because
\xfootheight
has no stretchability and shrinkability, otherwise you'd get an error message.If you want to add the value, do
or
The factor
1
is used to kill possible stretchability or shrinkability. In case you want to do arithmetic with rubber length (skips), you can use\glueexpr
.