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How to make the grayed-round box using tiks


This is a follow-up question asked here. I need to make a round-grayed box as is shown.

Based on the answers, I tried something, but not so fruitful. So, another questions coming.

I came up with the following command, but it doesn't work. The verbatim inside the minipage doesn't compile.

\newcommand{\graybox}[1]{%
\noindent\begin{tikzpicture}%
  \draw node[draw=black,fill=black!10,rounded corners,inner sep=2ex,text width=\mytikzwidth] {%
  #1
  };%
\end{tikzpicture}%
}%

%% ERROR - verbatim doesn't work. 
\graybox{%
\begin{minipage}[b]{\mytikzwidth}
...
\begin{verbatim}
java -cp \$CLOJUREJAR:\$CLASSPATH clojure.lang.Script \$1
\end{verbatim}
...
\end{minipage}
}

I also tried with the environment, which also doesn't work. The minipage isn't sit inside the minipage.

\newenvironment{grayboxx}%
{\noindent\begin{tikzpicture}%
  \draw node[draw=black,fill=black!10,rounded corners,inner
  sep=2ex,text width=\mytikzwidth] {%
}%
{};%
\end{tikzpicture}%
}

Questions

  • What's wrong with the LaTeX code? How can I use verbatim environment with minipage in the tikzpicture?
  • Could you teach me a better way to implement the grayboxed environment as is shown in the attached picture?

This is the whole code, and I attached the compiled result with the compiled result.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\newlength{\mytikzwidth}
\setlength{\mytikzwidth}{\textwidth}
\addtolength{\mytikzwidth}{-4ex} % this 10ex is just rule of thumb.

\newcommand{\graybox}[1]{%
\noindent\begin{tikzpicture}%
  \draw node[draw=black,fill=black!10,rounded corners,inner sep=2ex,text width=\mytikzwidth] {%
  #1
  };%
\end{tikzpicture}%
}%

\newenvironment{grayboxx}%
{\noindent\begin{tikzpicture}%
  \draw node[draw=black,fill=black!10,rounded corners,inner
  sep=2ex,text width=\mytikzwidth] {%
}%
{};%
\end{tikzpicture}%
}

\begin{document}

%%%% CASE 1 - OK
\begin{minipage}[b]{\mytikzwidth}
clj command is as follows.

\begin{verbatim}
java -cp \$CLOJUREJAR:\$CLASSPATH clojure.lang.Script \$1
\end{verbatim}

hello.clj needs a namespace (ns) to let the modules know about this code.
\end{minipage}

%%%% CASE 2 - not working with verbatim
\graybox{%
\begin{minipage}[b]{\mytikzwidth}
clj command is as follows.

%\begin{verbatim}
java -cp \$CLOJUREJAR:\$CLASSPATH clojure.lang.Script \$1
%\end{verbatim}

hello.clj needs a namespace (ns) to let the modules know about this code.
\end{minipage}
}

%%%% CASE 3 - not inside the tikz
\begin{grayboxx}
\begin{minipage}[b]{\mytikzwidth}
clj command is as follows.

%\begin{verbatim}
java -cp \$CLOJUREJAR:\$CLASSPATH clojure.lang.Script \$1
%\end{verbatim}

hello.clj needs a namespace (ns) to let the modules know about this code.
\end{minipage}
\end{grayboxx}

\end{document}

Solution

  • I asked the same question to LaTeX Community, and I got the following answer from Juanjo.

    \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
    
    \usepackage{tikz}
    \usepackage{lipsum}
    
    \newlength{\RoundedBoxWidth}
    \newsavebox{\GrayRoundedBox}
    \newenvironment{GrayBox}[1][\dimexpr\textwidth-4.5ex]%
       {\setlength{\RoundedBoxWidth}{\dimexpr#1}
        \begin{lrbox}{\GrayRoundedBox}
           \begin{minipage}{\RoundedBoxWidth}}%
       {   \end{minipage}
        \end{lrbox}
        \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}%
           \draw node[draw=black,fill=black!10,rounded corners,%
                 inner sep=2ex,text width=\RoundedBoxWidth]%
                 {\usebox{\GrayRoundedBox}};
        \end{tikzpicture}
        \end{center}}
    
    \begin{document}
    
    \lipsum[1]
    
    \begin{GrayBox}
      clj command is as follows.
      \begin{verbatim}
      java -cp \$CLOJUREJAR:\$CLASSPATH clojure.lang.Script \$1
      \end{verbatim}
      hello.clj needs a namespace (ns) to let the modules 
      know about this code.
    \end{GrayBox}
    
    \lipsum[2]
    
    \begin{GrayBox}[0.75\textwidth]
      clj command is as follows.
      \begin{verbatim}
      java -cp \$CLOJUREJAR:\$CLASSPATH 
      clojure.lang.Script \$1
      \end{verbatim}
      hello.clj needs a namespace (ns) to let the modules 
      know about this code.
    \end{GrayBox}
    
    \lipsum[3]
    
    \end{document}