Re: [Libpapyrus-users] Boxed with a margin

[Rick L. V. Jr. <rvi...@cs...>]

Rafael de Pelegrini Soares wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is my first message to this list and I have to say that Papyrus
> is really a nice piece of software!
>
> I'm playing with Papyrus as an alternative for the 2D canvas of our
> project http://www.enq.ufrgs.br/trac/alsoc/wiki/EMSO
>
> My first question is, how can I get a Boxed with a margin. If I put a
> Text inside of a Boxed I get something like:
> ____
> |Text|
>
> But I looking form something like:
> ___________
> |                    |
> |     Text        |
> |__________|
>
> I've extended the Boxed and modified the extents() function to get
> that, is this the better way to go?
>

Right now, that's probably the best. What we need is an alignment
controller with justification and padding.

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Rick