[metapost] mpost/metafont question

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 7 February 2011 rebecca searls wrote:

 > I'm new to mpost and LaTex.  I would like to know the meaning of
 > \skip68, \skip69 and \box29 being assigned to these variables.
 > This information comes from a mpxerr.log file.
 > 
 >         \heightofcdot=\skip68
 >         \widthofcdot=\skip69
 >         \dotprodcircle=\box29

They are TeX registers.  See

  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/impatient/book.pdf

, page 242.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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