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From: walters@oksce1.okstate.edu (Harold G. Walters)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: TeX \vbox trouble
Keywords: TeX \vbox \vfil
Message-ID: <272@oksce1.okstate.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 89 08:09:37 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
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I'm trying to make an exactly 1 inch \vbox with text set in
paragraph mode along the bottom of the \vbox. Like

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Text goes along the
bottom
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with the macro

\long\def\oneline#1{\vbox to 1.0in{     
\vfil{#1}
}} 

Which works fine when the bottom line does not have descenders,
BUT if the bottom line has descenders like

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Text goes along the
bottom with descenders like ygp
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The actual size of the box is greater than 1 inch by an amount
of the depth of the descenders.  I guess the \vbox is calculating
the height based on the baseline of the text inside.

IS this what is happening?
WHY does is happen this way, it seems like a \vbox should contain
	all of its contents in their entirety?
COULD someone tell me how to fix it?




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Harold G. Walters			walters@1.ce.okstate.edu
School of Civil Engineering		okstate!oksce1!walters
Oklahoma State University		"If all you have is a hammer, 
Stillwater, OK  74078			 everything looks like a nail".