[dundee] Emacs and org-mode

[Colin Brough]

Nistur wrote:
> Yay. More problems! I still haven't done references but I have
> something that I am wanting to put into a textbox. This is an extended
> example of one of the possible applications of my research, so I would
> like to separate it from the bulk of the text (hence the textbox).
> I don't know how to do this.
> I used:
> \fbox{3 paragraphs of text here}
> however this put it all in one line going off the page to the right. Fun.
> then I looked up and someone said to use
> \fbox{\parbox{somesizein cm}{3 paragraphs of text here}}
> this worked better. I have to specify the width of the textbox, I
> could do that. I can work it out from my margins. No problem.
> The problem is it now flows off the bottom of the page. More fun.
> 
> Oh LaTeX... why oh why when I'm singing your praises to people who are
> struggling doing their contents, list of tables and page numbering in
> Word, why when I have thought you so amazing, do you turn around and
> bite me in the ass and not let me make a simple text box?
> 
> Anyone? Ideas please?

Best would be:

	\usepackage{framed}	% In preamble, before \begin{document}

Then

	\begin{framed}
	Lots of text here
	\end{framed}

The LaTeX FAQ at

	http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes

is your friend!!

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Cheers

Colin

Rev Colin Brough
Minister
Fintry Parish Church of Scotland, Dundee
Scottish Charity Number: SC020742

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Colin Brough                             Colin.Brough at blueyonder.co.uk