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