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Re: Box too tall

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:47:33 +0000, Dieter Britz wrote:

> I have this LaTeX graphics file:
> 
> \documentclass[fleqn]{report}
> \usepackage{epic}
> \usepackage{eepic}
> \usepackage{color}
> \begin{document}
> \thispagestyle{empty}
> %
> \begin{figure}
> \setlength{\unitlength}{1cm}
> {\setlength{\fboxrule}{1pt} \fcolorbox{white}{white}{\color{black}
> \begin{picture}(22,2)
> \put(10,10){\line(1,0){20}}
> \put( 1.00, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 2.42, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 3.82, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 5.22, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 6.57, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 7.84, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 8.96, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put( 9.83, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(10.44, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(10.80, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(11.00, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(11.20, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(11.56, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(12.17, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(13.04, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(14.16, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(15.43, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(16.78, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(18.18, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(19.58, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \put(21.00, 1.0){\circle*{0.2}}
> \Large \put(0.7,0.2){$-L$} \put(10.8,0.2){0} \put(20.8,0.2){$L$}
> \put(0.8,1.5){$X_0$} \put(10.6,1.5){$X_M$} \put(20.8,1.5){$X_N$}
> \end{picture}}}
> \end{figure}
> %
> \end{document}
> 
> I expected the box to be 2 cm high, but it is much taller.
> Why? And how do I get it less tall?

I should have added that I then make the picture with this
general shell:

latex $1
dvips -o $1.eps -E $1.dvi
epstopdf $1.eps
rm $1.aux $1.dvi $1.log

-- 
Dieter Britz

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