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%% BEGIN frame-doc
%%
%% $Id: frame-doc.tex 320 2010-05-15 09:42:13Z herbert $
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathpazo,url}
\usepackage[colorlinks,linktocpage]{hyperref}
\usepackage{frame}
\let\Ffv\fileversion
% Usage:
% \fancyframebox {rule thickness} {separation from inner guy} {inner guy}
%
% \makeemptybox {width} {height} {depth}
\begin{document}
\title{Documentation for frame.tex:\\
fancy frames for generic TeX}
\author{Timothy Van Zandt\thanks{The documentation was put into
\LaTeX\ format by Herbert Vo\ss}\\ \url{tvz@Princeton.EDU}}
\date{Version \Ffv\\[3pt] \today}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{abstract}
\texttt{frame.tex/frame.sty} provides fancy frames for generic TeX
\end{abstract}
\clearpage
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\section{Usage}
\setbox0=\hbox{\it the center}
\count11=1
\loop\ifnum\count11<11
\setbox0=\hbox{\fancyframebox{.1pt}{5pt}{\unhbox0}}
\advance\count11 by1
\repeat
\vbox{\centerline{\box0}\vss}
This paragraph is probably rather hard to read. I have used \TeX's
rule-drawing and macro capability to set 10 boxes on top of the
text. This was rather easy to do in \TeX. I challenge anyone
to come up with as simple a method for {\it troff}.
\def\\{\char`\\}\def\{{\char`\{}\def\}{\char`\}}
The command I used was:
$$\hbox{\tt \\fancyframebox\{.1pt\}\{5pt\}\{{\it text to be boxed}\}}$$
{\tt \\fancyframebox} makes a framed {\tt \\hbox} containing its
third argument, surrounded by extra space (its second argument),
and rules on all four sides whose width is its first argument.
To get 10 boxes, you just re-frame 10 times. I used a {\tt \\loop}
construct, but one could just write out 10 nested {\tt \\fancyframebox}
calls.
In order to center the fancy boxes, I put them into {\tt \\box0} and
used {\tt \\centerline\{\\box0\}} to write it out. To make the
text come out on top, I put it in a {\tt \\vbox to 0pt} construct,
making \TeX\ try to squeeze everything vertically to zero. A
{\tt \\vss} allowed the {\tt \\vbox} to shrink (without it \TeX
\ would still have done the job, but would have complained about
an ``overfull {\tt \\vbox}'').[Ed.-Example was changed...]
Thus, the final set of commands, including the \TeX\ loop instructions,
to typeset the boxes was
\bigskip
\begin{verbatim}
\setbox0=\hbox{\it the center}
\count11=1
\loop\ifnum\count11<11
\setbox0=\hbox{\fancyframebox{.1pt}{5pt}{\unhbox0}}
\advance\count11 by1
\repeat
\vbox{\centerline{\box0}\vss}
\end{verbatim}
\bigskip
Simple---at least when you consider the task\dots.
\section{Macros}
\begin{verbatim}
\fancyframebox{rule thickness}{separation from inner guy}{inner guy}
\makeemptybox{width}{height}{depth}
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}
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