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diff --git a/macros/text1/cms_help_files/db.helpmark b/macros/text1/cms_help_files/db.helpmark new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3cd7e700ae --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/text1/cms_help_files/db.helpmark @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| drawbox | ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +Abbreviation: ã|\dbã% + +Parameters: ã|textã% + + ã|Description:ã% +A box is a grouping of rules into a square or rectangle. You can draw a box +with the \drawbox markup. The parameter for this markup is the material to +be put inside the box. Any grouping less than a paragraph can be boxed, +including letters, sentences, figures, or tables. + + ã|Example:ã% +To draw a box around an "a", you would enter: + +Draw a box around \drawbox{a} ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| | +| ..... | +| Draw a box around . . | +| ..... | +| | ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + ã|Example:ã% +If you want to draw an empty 1 inch square (plus the box "rule size" and +"mat size") you could enter, + +\db{\vrule width 0pt height 1in +\vrule width 1in height 0pt depth 0pt} + .............. + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . +which prints: .............. + + ã|Notes:ã% +Do not use this markup with \monospace or around \settabs or \halign. + Paragraphs cannot be boxed with \drawbox unless each one is put in a +vertical box (see \vbox). Use the \paragraphbox markup instead. |