[XeTeX] Decorative border around page

[Kamal Abdali]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 13:20, Fr. Michael Gilmary <
FrMichaelGilmary at maronitemonks.org> wrote:

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> <snip>
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>  \RandBox{\usebox{\ornamentBox}} font {\webomints} [0.0em]
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>       (a) ([f\\g]f) (b)
> ([\hspace{.03ex}\rotatebox{-180}{j}\\\rotatebox{-180}{k}])
> ([\rotatebox{-180}{i}\\\hspace{.03ex}\rotatebox{-180}{l}])             (a)
> ([f\\g]f) (b)
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> \end{document}
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>  This generates warnings from varwidth, and then:
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> Runaway argument?
> 0.0em]
> ! Paragraph ended before \RandBox was complete.
> <to be read again>
>                    \par
> l.69
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> ?
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> That's because there's a blank line after [0.0em] instead of a simple line
> break ... you can avoid this by using the percent sign % so the engine will
> ignore the linebreak, then it will work.
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> For example:
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> \RandBox{\usebox{\ornamentBox}} font {\webomints} [0.0em]%
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>       (a) ([f\\g]f) (b)
> ([\hspace{.03ex}\rotatebox{-180}{j}\\\rotatebox{-180}{k}])
> ([\rotatebox{-180}{i}\\\hspace{.03ex}\rotatebox{-180}{l}])             (a)
> ([f\\g]f) (b)
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> Or, just delete the empty line, which I think is what was included in my
> last email.
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> I'm glad it works for you. It's rather a pain to set it up, but it does
> make for a lovely addition to a card or some types of documents.
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> Thanks again. You have been very helpful.

Kamal Abdali

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