1.114.1 Instance variables

parbox <- alignment: {left,right,center,justify}

Alignment of text in box. After parbox->compute has filled a line, this attribute defines the placements of the hbox objects in the physical line. The meaning of left, right and center are obvious. The value justtify implies a straight right and left margin.

parbox <- auto_crop: bool

If @on, the width of the parbox as a graphical object is made to fit exactly the content. If @off (default), the width is the minimum of the parbox<-line_width and the width of the content.

Auto cropping is used mostly for defining table-cells, where the natural width of the cell is (initially) determined by the content.

If parbox->geometry is invoked with an explicit width, parbox<-auto_crop is automatically set to @off, trying to fullfil the requested width as closely as possible.