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Article #1376TeX \vbox trouble
From: Harold G. Walters
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 08:09
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 08:09
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I'm trying to make an exactly 1 inch \vbox with text set in
paragraph mode along the bottom of the \vbox. Like
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Text goes along the
bottom
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with the macro
\long\def\oneline#1{\vbox to 1.0in{
\vfil{#1}
}}
Which works fine when the bottom line does not have descenders,
BUT if the bottom line has descenders like
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Text goes along the
bottom with descenders like ygp
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The actual size of the box is greater than 1 inch by an amount
of the depth of the descenders. I guess the \vbox is calculating
the height based on the baseline of the text inside.
IS this what is happening?
WHY does is happen this way, it seems like a \vbox should contain
all of its contents in their entirety?
COULD someone tell me how to fix it?
--
Harold G. Walters walters@1.ce.okstate.edu
School of Civil Engineering okstate!oksce1!walters
Oklahoma State University "If all you have is a hammer,
Stillwater, OK 74078 everything looks like a nail".
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!okstate!oksce1!walters From: walters@oksce1.okstate.edu (Harold G. Walters) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: TeX \vbox trouble Keywords: TeX \vbox \vfil Message-ID: <272@oksce1.okstate.edu> Date: 7 Dec 89 08:09:37 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater Lines: 46