Re: Why is `(1 . width)` zero?

[Robert Thorpe]

<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:

>> You can't do arithmetic on a pair.
>
> I think this is misleading. The :align-to takes its own mini-language [1],
> where this (num . unit) has its own meaning (behind the scenes, unit is
> just "how many pixels per unit, in good old TeX tradition, as far as my
> yet-coffeine-depleted status allows me to see).
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] 39.16.3 Pixel Specification for Spaces
>     
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Pixel-Specification.html

I see, that's clever.  Jorg, ignore my previous mail.

BR,
Robert Thorpe