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CTAN update: linegoal

Date: November 3, 2010 9:20:36 PM CET
the daemon creeps out and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: linegoal > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal > Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of the line > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > linegoal can be loaded now even if pdfTeX is not used: > > \linegoal is then equal to \linewidth in any case. > > \linegoal can be used in dvi mode with pdfTeX. > > This improves compatibility with other packages thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/linegoal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

linegoal – A “dimen” that returns the space left on the line

The linegoal package provides a macro \linegoal to be used with \setlength:
\setlength<some dimen>\linegoal
will set <some dimen> to the horizontal length of the remainder of the line.

This is achieved using the \pdfsavepos primitive of pdf, through the zref-savepos package.

Example:

      Some text: \begin{tabularx}\linegoal{|l|X|} \hline
                   one & two \\
             three & four \\\hline
           \end{tabularx}
      
will position the table after the initial text, and make the table fill the rest of the line.

Packagelinegoal
Version2.9
Copyright2010 Florent Chervet
MaintainerFlorent Chervet

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