General ⇒ Too long lines with fancyvrb and Verbatim frame

[bubada]

Hi all,
I am a newbie to Latex. Please tell me if I am posting my question at the wrong place.
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I use the fancy verbatim package in order to draw a line on top and bottom of the content. However, the content is quite short but the line is too long. It is too urgly.

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\begin{Verbatim}[fontshape=it,label=INPUT,
  frame=lines, labelposition=topline,fontsize=\scriptsize]
            one two three
\end{Verbatim}

I have tried all the documentation of the fancyvrb package but I find no macro or command that can make the line shorter.

Any help is appreciated.

Dang

[Void]

why not using \hline{...} before and after verbatim instead...

[bubada]

\hline is used for tabular environment, is that true ? I want to use the Verbatim because it allows me to put code in there.

[Void]

\hline is used where ever you want to have a horizontal line. If you append a number in {} you can specify the length of that line.

By the way, I used

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\newcommand{\prog}[1]{\texttt{#1}} 

in the header and in the text

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\prog{some text}

to show code syntax.

In your case perhaps instead of \texttt \textit or something.

[localghost]

\hline is used where ever you want to have a horizontal line. […]

Could you please give me a working example outside the tabular environment? Or what do you mean with "where ever"?

[N00bDaan]

Ok, \hline is indeed used in tabular enviroments and you can use it without the tabular enviroment, but then you will get some stupid error when compiling... The solution is simple:

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\hrule

Inserting \hrule anywhere in the text will draw a line as wide as the textwidth. I am also messing around with the lines in headers and footers and I will post my solution to the whole problem when I get it working.
Cheers

[Void]

\hline is used where ever you want to have a horizontal line. […]

Could you please give me a working example outside the tabular environment? Or what do you mean with "where ever"?

It seems, you're right and I was wrong. \hrule is the right way to draw a line. Excuse me for any inconvenience.

To shorten or enlength the line or vary the thickness you can use:

\hrule width 100mm height 1pt

[pfjorgeo]

You can try with

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\begin{minipage}[c]{5cm}
\begin{Verbatim}...
...
\end{Verbatim}
\end{minipage}

where {5cm} is the desired width, remember not to try a width greater than \textwidth (approximately 12.4cm when working with the default margins of LaTeX).