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Subject: A label question
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:18:43 -0700
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All,

This is a Metapost labeling question.

I have two points z0 and z1 and a segment connecting them.

draw z0--z1;

I'd like to put a TeX label to the left of the segment, but I want to
format it as follows.

The vertical
deflection of
the center of
gravity $y(t)$

That's four lines.

I tried:

label.lft(btex The vertical\par deflection of\par the center of\par gravity
$y(t)$ etex, 0.5[z0,z1]);

to no avail. Any suggestions?

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David Arnold
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Ordinary Differential Equations Using MATLAB, 2/e
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