Hans Hagen
\setlayerframed [text] [...] [framed settings] {}
I'll have to consult the documentation of \setlayerframed then - which again i fear is somewhat terse ... what goes in the [...] box there?
fields (and text in there) don't have a concept of a baseline (unfortunately), so depending on the situation, you may want to lower the text
\hbox{\lower2pt\hbox{\field[...]}}
heh. the field box remains fixed to the baseline while the predecing text is raised :) OK, a bit more twiddling can compensate for that again. perhaps a wee bit to klugey for my tase.
(as a matter of fact, the problem with this approach is that text cannot ever be centered becaue TeX need to know the dimensions at typesetting time - which isn't known until the user has interacted. is there, say, JavaScript magic that could be done in order to have text centered after it has been input?
doesn't align=middle work?
I'll give it a shot but too optimistic I am not. should the \field have align=middle as part of its setup parameters?
I'd like to have a frame around the entire page. Preferably, I'd like to be able to place it using numerical coordinates (absolute or relative, set to a layer or not). Is this, or something close to it, possible?
i often use metapost for that (see metafun manual)
OK. thanks! -- Rolf Lindgren http://www.roffe.com/ roffe@tag.uio.no