Rich Shepard wrote:
Last week I posted a LaTeX code fragment on Usenet (comp.text.tex) and
asked for help in understanding just what it is doing. No one replied to my
request.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm modifying a form that was graciously provided to me by an
academic in
> Australia. My first task is to understand everything in it so I can
wisely
> modify it for my needs. (The form is used to optically scan answers
marked in
> pencil on it.)
>
> I've made it through part of the preamble, where the page is laid
out for
> the form. Then there are these lines:
>
> \newlength{\omrx}
define a new length
> \setlength{\omrx}{1.6em}
set it to 1.6em
> \newcommand{\omrbox}{\makebox[\omrx]{%
define the new command \omrbox
define a makebox of width \omrx -> 1.6em (reserves space
for this)
> \psframebox[framearc=.7,framesep=0.55ex]{\rule{0.35em}{0pt}}}}
draw a framebox with arc and a framesep
put a rule of width 0.35em of height zero in there
(rule is not seen)
this is a code to get a framebox of specific height and width.
nonsense code to me ...
Herbert
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