%% %% This is file `example.tex', %% generated with the docstrip utility. %% %% The original source files were: %% %% niceframe.dtx (with options: `example') %% %% This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, %% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of %% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. %% %% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the %% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 %% of this license or (at your option) any later version. %% The latest version of this license is in %% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt %% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX %% version 2005/12/01 or later. %% %% This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'. %% %% The Current Maintainer of this work is Marcus Ohlhaut. %% %% This work consists of the files niceframe.dtx and niceframe.ins %% and the derived file niceframe.sty. %% %% Copyright (C) 2009 Marcus Ohlhaut (marcus@ohlhaut.de). %% All rights reserved. %% %% \CharacterTable %% {Upper-case \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z %% Lower-case \a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j\k\l\m\n\o\p\q\r\s\t\u\v\w\x\y\z %% Digits \0\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9 %% Exclamation \! Double quote \" Hash (number) \# %% Dollar \$ Percent \% Ampersand \& %% Acute accent \' Left paren \( Right paren \) %% Asterisk \* Plus \+ Comma \, %% Minus \- Point \. Solidus \/ %% Colon \: Semicolon \; Less than \< %% Equals \= Greater than \> Question mark \? %% Commercial at \@ Left bracket \[ Backslash \\ %% Right bracket \] Circumflex \^ Underscore \_ %% Grave accent \` Left brace \{ Vertical bar \| %% Right brace \} Tilde \~} %% \def\fileversion{1.1c} \def\filedate{2009/31/08} \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{niceframe} \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} \parindent 0pt \niceframe{% \begin{center} May the road rise to meet you\\ May the wind be always at your back\\ May the sun shine warm upon your face\\ The rain fall soft upon your fields\\ And until we meet again\\ May God hold you in the hollow of his hand\\ \end{center} \bigskip \hfill The Blessing of St.~Patrick } \vfill \centerline{% \curlyframe[0.75\textwidth]{% \begin{center} \LARGE I am not flexible!\\ Just disorganized!\\ \end{center} }} \vfill \centerline{or is it\dots} \vfill \artdecoframe{% \begin{center} \LARGE I am not disorganized!\\ Just flexible!\\ \end{center} } \newpage \font\border=karta15 \generalframe{\border\char'307}{\border\char'324}{\border\char'322} {\border\char'310} {\border\char'323} {\border\char'174}{\border\char'325}{\border\char'175} {This is a \texttt{generalframe}, using eight different characters from font \texttt{karta15} as parts of the framework. One might use it to point other people to important notes, hints and/or messages. } \vfill \font\border=umranda \generalframe{\border\char'136}{\border\char'137}{\border\char'140} {\border\char'145} {\border\char'141} {\border\char'144}{\border\char'143}{\border\char'142} {This \texttt{generalframe} uses symbols from Alexander Schrell's \texttt{umranda} (his eMail is: alexander\_ schrell@w2.maus.de) collection. The material to be framed consists of quite a few lines to emphasize the fact that virtually anything can go inside a \texttt{generalframe}. Note that we are limited by \TeX's memory as the material to frame has to be passed as an argument. You can't cheat by passing a \texttt{vbox} that has already been set (as you might with some other macros) since \texttt{generalframe} has to re-set all of it. } \vfill \font\border=umrandb \generalframe{\border\char'165}{\border\char'151}{\border\char'164}% {\border\char'150} {\border\char'150}% {\border\char'166}{\border\char'151}{\border\char'167} {Last, but not least! This \texttt{generalframe} (with symbols from \texttt{umrandb}) displays some math: $$ E = mc^2 $$ which everyone will immediately recognize as the famous Einstein formula for energy-mass-equivalence. } \end{document} \endinput %% %% End of file `example.tex'.