On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:47:25AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
>
> >Helge Hafting wrote:
> >
> >
> >>You are thinking about a dialog providing <length> of <something>
> >>Where <length> can be 1cm, 4pt, big, med, small, or fill,
> >>and <something> can be space, dots, or rule?
> >>
> >>This certainly seems more useful. I'll have to read up on latex to
> >>see if all the permutations are supported. I haven't heard of a
> >>"5cm dotfill" but believe it can be done by putting a sized parbox
> >>around the dotfill.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I don't think such a thing exists. I was merely thinking about \hfill. But
> >as you say, it's probably easy to define a customizable dotfill.
> >
> >
> \makebox[5cm][s]{\dotfill}
>
> This trick works for every kind of fill except blank space, where
> I use hspace for the fixed lengths.Think carefully before re-inventing the wheel... we have Box, which can be used as fixed-width horizontal space (just don't draw a frame, and require an inner box, i.e. a parbox, IIRC). If you implement a \dotfill inset -- or add one as a variant of the existing insethfill -- and place it on the menu under "special characters", you can insert one into Box and be done. Same with arrows etc. - Martin
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