Re: Using \fbox as an environment? SOLVED

2007-10-16 Thread Steve Litt 
On Saturday 13 October 2007 05:27, Steve Litt wrote:
 Hi all,

 The documented way to use \fbox is like this:

 \fbox{this is my text}

 I'd like to do something like this:

 \begin{fbox}this is my text\end{fbox}

 However, doing that draws a tiny box around the first character. Anyone
 know a way to turn \fbox into an environment, or an environment equivalent
 for \fbox, or a way to put a border around a minipage?

 Thanks

 SteveT

Hi all,

I found the answer in the Fancybox documentation (fancybox.doc). Search for 
the string:

since the former doesn't

Look above and below that string. Here's their solution:

 \newenvironment{fminipage}%
{\begin{Sbox}\begin{minipage}}%
{\end{minipage}\end{Sbox}\fbox{\TheSbox}}
\begin{document}
  \begin{fminipage}{2in}
Since the former doesn't use braces to delimit
the contents of the box, $\ldots$
  \end{fminipage}

Pretty cool, huh?

SteveT
 
Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts

Re: Using \fbox as an environment? SOLVED

2007-10-16 Thread Steve Litt 
On Saturday 13 October 2007 05:27, Steve Litt wrote:
 Hi all,

 The documented way to use \fbox is like this:

 \fbox{this is my text}

 I'd like to do something like this:

 \begin{fbox}this is my text\end{fbox}

 However, doing that draws a tiny box around the first character. Anyone
 know a way to turn \fbox into an environment, or an environment equivalent
 for \fbox, or a way to put a border around a minipage?

 Thanks

 SteveT

Hi all,

I found the answer in the Fancybox documentation (fancybox.doc). Search for 
the string:

since the former doesn't

Look above and below that string. Here's their solution:

 \newenvironment{fminipage}%
{\begin{Sbox}\begin{minipage}}%
{\end{minipage}\end{Sbox}\fbox{\TheSbox}}
\begin{document}
  \begin{fminipage}{2in}
Since the former doesn't use braces to delimit
the contents of the box, $\ldots$
  \end{fminipage}

Pretty cool, huh?

SteveT
 
Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts