[OS X TeX] box in forms

[Alain Schremmer]

I don't know what's with me or with my system but:

  test  \framebox[10mm]{\parbox[l][20mm][c]{0mm}{5}} text

gives me a box 10 mm wide by 20 mm high with the 5 just right of center.

When I change 0mm to 50mm, the box does not change but the 5 goes clear 
out of the box, left of test, about 25 mm (sic!) left of the box's 
center. Negative numbers, though, do not let 5 go any further right than 
with 0 mm. This is why I wrote that I did not understand "the rule".

By the way, Companion 2ed, page 863, gives

    \parbox[box]{width}{text}

Not that any of it matters as the above really does just what I needed 
and I don't mind a bit of trial and error. I was just curious.

Grateful regards
--schremmer



Stephan Hochhaus wrote:

> To (hopefully) clarify things:
>
> \parbox[box-alignment=tbc][height][text-alignment=tbc]{width of the 
> box}{actual content of the box}
>
> Stephan
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