@cartouche: Rounded Rectangles ¶Where the output format allows, the @cartouche command draws a box
with rounded corners around its contents. In HTML, a normal rectangle is
drawn. You can use this command to isolate a portion of the manual from the
main flow. You can also further highlight an example or quotation
with @cartouche.
For instance, you could write a manual in which one type of example is surrounded by a cartouche for emphasis. For example,
@cartouche @example % pwd /usr/local/share/emacs @end example @end cartouche
surrounds the two-line example with a box with rounded corners, in the printed manual.
The output from the example looks like this (if you’re reading this in
Info, you’ll see the @cartouche had no effect):
% pwd /usr/local/share/emacs |
@cartouche takes one optional argument, given on the remainder
of the line. This text, if present, is the cartouche title. It is
output in bold or otherwise emphasized at the beginning of the cartouche,
and is centered in some output formats.
The following example illustrates a cartouche with a title:
@cartouche Important Text explaining something important out of the main flow of the text. @end cartouche
The cartouche with a title looks like this:
| Important |
|---|
|
Text explaining something important out of the main flow of the text. |
A cartouche is output on a single page in printed output, similarly to
@group (see @group: Prevent Page Breaks).