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From: johnm@AFSC-BMO.AF.MIL (JohnM)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: putting a box around a figure in LaTeX
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Date: 7 Mar 91 13:38:00 GMT
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I am trying to build a software user's manual (what a novel idea!) and
am encountering a problem creating figures with boxes around them containing
\verbatim text. I use the construct:
     \begin{figure}[ht]
     \caption{caption text}
     \framebox{6in}{
       \begin{verbatim}
          %%% verbatim text
        \end{verbatim}
      } %% end of \framebox{}
      \end{figure}
 
works great without the \framebox...with it, however, i get a splatter of
LaTeX errors.
 
I am sure it is possible to do what I want, I'm probably just looking in
the wrong places. If anyone could help, i'd appreciate it.
 
(go ahead, even bruise my ego with replies like: Hey, bub, look on page 32
of the LaTeX book...isn't that what you want? -- just kidding...i just
need the help).
 
john mulhollen
 
as always, i'll summarize replies back to info-tex. (what a nice guy!).