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authorJeffrey H. Kingston <jeff@it.usyd.edu.au>2010-09-14 20:41:52 +0000
committerJeffrey H. Kingston <jeff@it.usyd.edu.au>2010-09-14 20:41:52 +0000
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@@ -151,7 +151,20 @@ produce other kinds of boxes:
These also have {@Code "margin"}, {@Code "linewidth"}, {@Code "paint"},
and @Code "texture" options, and @Code "@ShadowBox" has a @Code "shadow"
option which determines the thickness of the shadow (its default value
-is {@Code "0.2f"}).
+is {@Code "0.2f"}). There is no option to change the colour of the
+shadow, but it is quite easy to combine two boxes to get that effect:
+@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim {
+lightgrey @Colour @ShadowBox margin { 0c } black @Colour @Box
+{
+ A shadow box
+}
+}
+produces
+@CD lightgrey @Colour @ShadowBox margin { 0c } black @Colour @Box
+{
+ A shadow box
+}
+in which the shadow, and only the shadow, is coloured light grey.
@PP
Boxes are quite at home inside paragraphs, as @Box { a box },
@CurveBox { a curve box }, and @ShadowBox { a shadow box }