On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 18:01, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:34:43PM +0100, Paco Cruz wrote: > > > \leavevmode\leaders\hrule height 3pt\hfill\kern0mm > > > > Curious as I am, I have fiddled with the command and found that > > > > \leaders\hrule.... works ok too, (what's \leavevmode for?) > > Hm. For leaving vmode ;-) [Explained in Knuth's TeXbook] > > > but I can't determine the rule height for subsequents calls to > > \hrulefill. > > Show me some code. I already forgot where we started off... > > [...] Just to remember the old say "give them a fish and they eat once, > > teach them to fish and they eat (almost) everyday" (excuse me if this is > > not the exact English translation) :-) > > The proper translation would be "..., teach them to fish and they throw > bricks on your head for telling them to fiddle with string and hook instead > of giving them fish" (modulo correct English) I think I deserved such a response :-))
> > Could you (or someone) direct me to a link where I could learn about > > those? > > The TeXbook. This is freely available as .tex source als long as you don't > compile it (or something to that effect). Nevertheless, it is readable in > that form. But I am afraid this won't solve your problem in a few hours... > > Andre' > > -- You are right thought the bones :-) I have found a pdf version of "The TeXbook" and a search for "\leaders" and "\hrule got me to Chapter 21, pages 221 and 223. Now I think I understand a bit (just a bit) more about rules and leaders in TeX :-) That said, I must note that is very, very difficult to someone like me, that has arrived to Lyx (and TeX/LaTeX) directly from the Word hell, to "catch" with all the power and deep knowledge involved in a TeX/LaTeX system. This list is an invaluable source of wisdom and advice. The Tips & Tricks site by H. Voss is a lot of helpful, but in the end we must face the need to swing in the waters of The TeXbook if we want to "control" what Lyx/LaTeX has to offer. There is no free lunch :-) Thank you again Paco Cruz
