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From: HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
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Subject: Re: (LaTeX) This doesn't work -- \mbox{ First Line \\ Second Line}
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:45:17 -0700
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On 7/19/2024 5:23 PM, Scott Pakin wrote:
> On 7/18/24 23:31, HenHanna wrote:
>> i want 2 lines to stay together... How do i do it?
>>
>> This apparently doesn't work.
>>
>>              \mbox{ First Line \\
>>                     Second Line}
> 
> \mbox is for single-line text only.  How about using a tabular?
> 
>      \documentclass{article}
>      \begin{document}
>      \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}ll@{}}
>        First Line \\
>        Second Line
>      \end{tabular}
>      \end{document}
> 
> -- Scott


thank you....  (if and) When i get serious about
glueing  1stLine and 2ndLine together, i may end up using Minipage.