[dundee] Emacs and org-mode

[Nistur]

WOOOOOOO
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I was looking for that but somehow I
couldn't find references to it :S I guess I'm just stressed.

Just in case I hadn't mentioned... THANK YOU :D
Nistur

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Colin Brough
<Colin.Brough at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 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!!
>
> --
>
> 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
>
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