Re: A label question

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:18 AM 5/18/01 -0700, David Arnold wrote:
>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]);

btex \vbox{\raggedright The vertical \par ....}\etex 

or in context: 

btex \framed[align=right,frame=off,ofset=overlay]{bla\\bla\\bla} etex 

this will give you a raggedright tight box and also permits some tracing
{turn frame on]; the \framed macro will make the box as small as possible. 

Hans  
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