From: Bob Stayton (bobs@sagehill.net)
Date: Mon Apr 12 2004 - 10:31:06 PDT
I'm trying to do something I thought would be easy, but I can't seem to find
a way that works. I'm trying to present a set of fixed lines of text inside
a box. The linefeeds are preserved, and the box should just fit around the
lines:
+---------------------------+
|First line |
|Another line that is longer|
|Third line |
+---------------------------+
[this won't display properly in a proportional font. You should see the
right side of the box just containing the longest line of text]
When I add a border to the container block, the box extends all the way
across the page. I only want it to extend just past the longest line of
text. I can't set a width on the container block because I don't know what
the width will be since it is determined by the text.
I tried a table, but ran into similar problems of the table always extending
the width of the page unless I specify explicit column widths, which I
cannot.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net
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