3.9 Skribe User Manual -- Frame and color

The function frame embeds a text inside a frame. The function color may also use the same purpose when it is specified a bg option. This is why both functions are included in the same Skribe manual section.

3.9.1 Frame

prototype
(frame [:ident] [:class "frame"] [:width] [:margin 2] [:border 1] node...)
optionenginesdescription
:identhtml latex xml The node identifier.
:classhtml latex xml The node class.
:widthhtml latex The width of the frame.
:marginhtml latex The margin pixel size of the frame.
:borderhtml latex The border pixel of the frame.
argumentdescription
node...The items of the enumeration.
See also
color table
Example:
(center (frame :width 10. :margin 10 (p [This is a frame.])))
Ex. 11: The frame markup

Produces:

This is a frame.

3.9.2 Color

The color markup enables changing locally the text of the document. If the bg color is used, then, color acts as a container. Otherwise, it acts as an Ornaments.

prototype
(color [:ident] [:class "color"] [:bg] [:fg] [:width] [:margin] node...)
optionenginesdescription
:identhtml latex xml The node identifier.
:classhtml latex xml The node class.
:widthhtml latex The width of the frame.
:marginhtml The margin pixel size of the frame.
:bghtml latex The background color
:fghtml latex The foreground color
argumentdescription
node...The items of the enumeration.
See also
frame table
Example:
(center 
   (color :bg "#aaaaaa"
      :margin 10
      :width 30.
      (center
         (color :bg "#eeeeee" :fg "blue" :width 100. :margin 10 [This is an
example of color box that uses a color for the 
background ,(emph "and") the ,(color :fg "red" "foreground"). It also specifies
a width, that is, an horizontal space, the text should 
span to.]))))
Ex. 12: The color markup

Produces:

This is an example of color box that uses a color for the background and the foreground. It also specifies a width, that is, an horizontal space, the text should span to.

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