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From: elmar@expbinfo.uni-paderborn.de (Elmar Schalueck)
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Subject: Seeking a valbox
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Date: 10 Jan 91 10:11:22 GMT
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A questions to all (La)-TeXnicians!

It must be possible to construct a macro for an "\ovalbox".
It should work like an "\fbox" with rounded corners.
In an \fbox the parameter is surrounded (surcornered :-) by a box
with a height of the parameter-text plus two times \fboxsep. 
The length of the box is computed in an similar way.
Now I would like to use the same box with rounded corners. The four
ovals in the corners should have a radius of \fboxsep.
The use of it may be the description of keystrokes on a keyboard
or a buttonlist like a SunView-menu.

Please mail your solutions, if they are already existing, to

elmar@uni-paderborn.de

Thanks a lot,                    Elmar