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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Date: 9 Nov 90 17:24:14 GMT
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vober@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:

>Hello TeXers,
Hi, how are you today?

>I am trying to create some tables in LaTeX.  I have tried using the macro 
>packages Stables and Ruled.tex.
Sorry, don't know these packages. You may have overlooked some
command, but I wouldn't be able to tell.

>I have some long lines of text that I would like to wrap instead of 
>printing on 1 line.

>This is what I always seem to get:

>+----+----------------------------------------------------+---+
>| 1  | this is what I don't want the output to look like. | 2 |
>+----+----------------------------------------------------+---+

Other than rereading the manual (for instance, I know that
something like this exists in standard LaTeX. I think you
specify a 'p' in the template, but I'm not sure. Read the book.)
I can suggest this: what you want is enclosing your
text in a \vbox. So:
\vbox{\hsize=5cm This is what I want my output to look like.
      It's a pity though that I have to specify the width
      explicitly. No way to do this adaptively.}

Victor.