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Subject: Re: (LaTeX) This doesn't work -- \mbox{ First Line \\ Second Line}
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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:42:04 +0200
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[Followup-To: comp.text.tex]

Axel Berger wrote:

> Jeff Barnett wrote:
>> Look up the environment minipage.
>
> Or in this case perhaps parbox

In case you want the box with the first and the second line to have the
natural width of the widest of the two lines, minipage-environment and
\parbox-command, where you are to specify the desired width explicitly,
might turn out cumbersome.

Sincerely

Ulrich