i was still at the dentist's surgery, and this appeared ... no sense of decorum, that daemon:
Name of contribution: logbox Author's name: Florent CHERVET Package version: 1.0 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/logbox/ Summary description: e-TeX showbox facilities for exploration purpose License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
logbox does showbox without stop in the compilation.
viewbox* is the main command: the box is typeset (copied) with its dimensions, and its contents is logged in the .log file.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and made an entry in the catalogue repository.
Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/logbox.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/logbox/
The catalogue entry will first appear (some time) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team