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From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
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Subject: Re: Overfull \hbox (78.88861pt too wide) in paragraph
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:15:00 +0000
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On 10/03/2025 09:17, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Jinsong Zhao <jszhao@yeah.net> wrote or quoted:
>> The \TeX{} way: \vtop{some codes here}
>> Overfull \hbox (78.88861pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--4
> 
>    Inside the "vtop" there's a paragraph that wraps to the current
>    page width. That's way too wide! But we can nip that in the bud
>    by first tucking the text into an "hbox".
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> The \TeX{} way: \vtop{\hbox{some codes here}}
> \end{document}

Or you can set the desired width inside the \vtop, eg

   The \TeX{} way: \vtop{\hsize3cm some codes here}

But it's hard to know because you don't say what you are trying to do.

Peter