Command/definepairedbox

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Last modified: 2020-08-30

Summary

The command \definepairedbox is used for defining a paired set of boxes.

Settings

\definepairedbox[...][...][...=...,...]
[...] name
[...] name
...=...,... inherits from \setuppairedbox

Option Explanation
name of the paired box to be define
optional parent for inheritance

Description

Using \definepairedbox defines a setup command and a place command. The place command accepts two content arguments. The first argument is assumed to be a horizontal box, the second argument is vertical mode material.

See the example below.

Examples

Example 1

  • \definepairedbox[explanation]
    
    \setupexplanation[location=left]
    
    \placeexplanation
          {\externalfigure[cow][width=4cm]}
          {\starttabulate
           \NC 1 \NC head \NC \NR
           \NC 2 \NC legs \NC \NR
           \NC 3 \NC tail \NC \NR
           \stoptabulate}
    

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