Re: A label question

[Tarik Kara <ktarik@Bilkent.EDU.TR>]

I think the problem is with the \par command. I am not sure
how you would like to align the label, but the following looks
ok for me:

label.ulft(btex \vbox{\hbox{The vertical}%
\hbox{deflection of}%
\hbox{the center of}%
\hbox{gravity $y(t)$}} etex, 0.5[z0,z1]); 

The following also works (with the LaTeX switch of mpost)

label.ulft(btex \begin{tabular}{l}The vertical \\%
deflection of \\%
the center of \\%
gravity $y(t)$ \end{tabular} etex, 0.5[z0,z1]); 

But the tabular environment adds a little space to the begining of the
first column which might be undesirable. Hope this help.

Tar{\i}k Kara

On Fri, 18 May 2001, 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]);
> 
> to no avail. Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> -
> David Arnold
> College of the Redwoods
> Mathematics Department
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> Ordinary Differential Equations Using MATLAB, 2/e
> http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0130113816.html
> 
>