[metapost] boxes: how to make them with same width?

[Steven Woody]

thanks. it makes me know more usage of boxjoint.

On 9/25/07, Oleg Katsitadze <olegkat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 01:33:28PM +0800, Steven Woody wrote:
> > using boxes package,  how do i make a collection of boxes with same
> > width?
>
> The following works for me:
>
> ------------------------------>%------------------------------
> input boxes
>
> beginfig(1)
>   boxjoin (a.e - a.w = b.e - b.w);
>
>   boxit.a ("A");
>   a.e - a.w = (40pt, 0pt);
>   boxit.aa ("AA");
>   boxit.aaa ("AAA");
>
>   a.c = aa.c - (0pt, 50pt) = aaa.c - (0pt, 100pt) = origin;
>
>   drawboxed (a, aa, aaa);
> endfig;
>
> end
> ------------------------------%<------------------------------
>
> HTH,
> Oleg
>


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