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From: gaston@cs-sun-ab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Gaston Groisman)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Building large diagram (help me!)
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.190457.13953@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 19 Nov 90 19:04:57 GMT
Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science
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I have just built this, as part of a much larger diagram.


$$
\left\{
\begin{array}{l}
  \mbox{Semiotic} 
  \left\{
  \begin{array}{l}
    \mbox{Language} \\
    \mbox{(langage)} \\
    \mbox{ } \\
    \mbox{ Other systems}
  \end{array}
  \right.
  \\
  \mbox{systems}   \\
  \mbox{ }         \\
  \mbox{Extrasemiotic phenomena} \\
  \mbox{(culture, society, politics)} 
\end{array}
\right.
$$

What I get is

             /           / Language
            |           |  (langage)
            | Semiotic <
            |           |  Other systems
            |            \
           <  systems
            |
            |
            | Extrasemiotic phenomena
            | (culture, society, politics)
             \

But what I *want* is

                         / Language
             /          |  (langage)
            | Semiotic <
            | systems   |  Other systems
            |            \
           <  
            |
            |
            | Extrasemiotic phenomena
            | (culture, society, politics)
             \
          
There are two main differences:

First I want "Semitic systems" to be one "box" but \mbox{} will not
accept \\ to break it into two lines.

Second I want the first { to go only as high as "Semiotic".  The
diagram will grow much larger in the near future and the way things
are the left { will be as tall as the whole diagram....

Though a LaTeX enthusiast, I  am far from being an expert.  Any help
will be wellcome!


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 University of Calgary    |      groisman@uncamult.bitnet       |
 Alberta, CANADA          +-------------------------------------+
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 Gaston Groisman          +-------------------------------------+
 Computer Science Dep.    |      gaston@cpsc.ucalgary.ca        |
 University of Calgary    |      groisman@uncamult.bitnet       |
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