On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Shouldn't using 100% textwidth in a minipage align the minipage box >> with the page margins? A simple LyX Note/framed aligns properly to the >> page margins or am I doing something wrong. >> >> I've attached a simple example, along with a picture showing the >> minipage box extending into the margin. >> > > The minipage inside the frame has exactly the same width as the > room between margins. You can verify that by putting > > A---horizontal fill---B > inside the minipage. > > Put the same construct outside the minipage too, and see how > the distance between "A" and "B" is the same in both cases. > > The problem is that the frame needs space too, some space for > the lines and some space between line and contents so the > lines doesn't touch the edges of the text. (The framing has > internal margins) > > All this extra spacing is added outside the minipage, so the resulting > framed box is then slightly wider than the minipage. And too big, if the > minipage > is 100% of the space between margins. > > > Solutions: > * Use a narrower box, and center the paragraph containing it so the box > centers between the margins. > * Use the framed note which seems to do what you want - except that > it doesn't have that double border. > * Figure out exactly how much widt the framing needs, and set the box width > to whatever "text widt" minus "framing spacing" is. Cumbersome, especially > if > you later change the type of framing. > * Ask around in latex forums - perhaps a better solution exists. You may > have > to use ERT to use them though. > > > Helge Hafting > >
Helge, Thanks for the excellent description of how the minipage functions. It shouldn't be a problem for me to just adjust the textwidth (framed box) to fit the page margins as I am following some document guidelines requiring a double border (so it shouldn't change in the future). Thanks, /Bob
