% \iffalse meta-comment % % Copyright (C) 2001 Scott Pakin % ------------------------------------------------------- % % This package may be distributed and/or modified under the % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.2 % of this license or (at your option) any later version. % The latest version of this license is in % http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt % and version 1.2 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX % version 1999/12/01 or later. % % \fi % \iffalse %% File: dashrule.dtx Copyright (C) 2001 Scott Pakin % %\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} %\ProvidesPackage{dashrule} % [2001/04/23 v1.00 Dashed rules (SDP)] % %<*driver> \documentclass{ltxdoc} \usepackage{dashrule} \EnableCrossrefs \CodelineIndex % Uncomment the following line if you don't want to include a % source-code listing. %\OnlyDescription \begin{document} \DocInput{dashrule.dtx} \end{document} % % \fi % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % \CheckSum{61} % \GetFileInfo{dashrule.sty} % % \title{The \textsf{dashrule} package\thanks{This file % has version number \fileversion, last % revised \filedate.}} % \author{Scott Pakin\\pakin@uiuc.edu} % \date{\filedate} % \maketitle % % \changes{v1.00}{2001/04/23}{Initial version} % % \DoNotIndex{\csname,\DeclareRobustCommand,\def,\else,\endcsname} % \DoNotIndex{\expandafter,\fi,\ifodd,\ifx,\let,\newcounter,\relax} % % \StopEventually{^^A % \bigskip\noindent\hdashrule[0pt][x]{\fill}{1pt}{5pt}\rule{5pt}{1pt} % \section{Future Work} % % \textsf{dashrule} \fileversion{} supports only horizontally dashed % rules. Future versions (if any) may support vertically dashed % rules, as well. For the time being, the \textsf{graphicx} % package's \texttt{\string\rotatebox} can be used to define a % \texttt{\string\vdashrule} in terms of a rotated % \texttt{\string\hdashrule}. % % The next logical step after adding a \texttt{\string\vdashrule} is % to support dashed rectangles, which would be composed of % \texttt{\string\hdashrule}s and \texttt{\string\vdashrule}s. Other % possible enhancements would be a way of drawing dotted lines, % presumably composed from the limited set of circle characters % available in \LaTeX's fonts. % % \bigskip\noindent\hdashrule[0pt][x]{\fill}{1pt}{5pt}\rule{5pt}{1pt} % \PrintIndex % } % % \begin{abstract} % The \textsf{dashrule} package makes it easy to draw a huge variety % of dashed rules (i.e., lines) in \LaTeX. \textsf{dashrule} provides a % command, |\hdashrule|, which is a cross between \LaTeX's |\rule| and % PostScript's |setdash| command. |\hdashrule| draws horizontally % dashed rules using the same syntax as |\rule|, but with an % additional, |setdash|-like parameter that specifies the pattern of % dash segments and the space between those segments. Because % \textsf{dashrule}'s rules are constructed internally using |\rule| % (as opposed to, e.g., PostScript |\special|s) they are fully % compatible with every \LaTeX{} back-end processor. % \end{abstract} % % \medskip\noindent\hdashrule[0pt][x]{\fill}{1pt}{5pt}\rule{5pt}{1pt} % \section{Usage} % % \DescribeMacro{\hdashrule} % \LaTeX's |\rule| command draws a rectangular blob of ink with a given % width, height, and distance above the baseline. The % \textsf{dashrule} package introduces an analogous command, % |\hdashrule|, which draws the same blob of ink, but horizontally % dashed. |\hdashrule| takes five parameters, two of which are % optional: % % \bigskip % \noindent\hspace{-\leftmargini}% % \fbox{\texttt{\string\hdashrule} % \oarg{raise} \oarg{leader} \marg{width} \marg{height} \marg{dash}} % \bigskip % % The \meta{raise}, \meta{width}, and \meta{height} parameters have the % same meaning as in \LaTeX's |\rule| macro: the distance to raise the rule % above the baseline and the width and height of the rule. % % \meta{leader} determines how the dash pattern should fill \meta{width} % amount of space. Because |\hdashrule| is implemented in terms of \TeX's % leader commands, the dash pattern must be repeated an integral number of % times. \meta{leader} determines what to do with the extra whitespace % (always less than the width of the dash pattern) that this requirement % introduces. The default, which corresponds to \TeX's |\leaders| % command, adds space to both ends of the rule such that the dash patterns % from multiple |\hdashrule|s line up. If \meta{leader} is~|c|, which % corresponds to \TeX's |\cleaders| command, an equal amount of whitespace % will be added to both ends of the rule. If \meta{leader} is~|x|, which % corresponds to \TeX's |\xleaders| command, the whitespace will be % divided up, and the same amount of whitespace will separate each % repetition of the dash pattern. % % The \meta{dash} argument determines the dash pattern and is analogous % to the \textit{array} argument to PostScript's |setdash| function. % That is, it is a list of space-separated \meta{dimen}s that alternate % ``on'' and ``off'' distances. For instance, ``|2pt 1pt|'' means a % 2\,pt.\ rule, followed by a 1\,pt.\ gap, followed by a 2\,pt.\ rule, % followed by a 1\,pt.\ gap, and so forth. An odd number of % \meta{dimen}s is no different; ``|2pt|'' alternates 2\,pt.\ rules and % 2\,pt.\ gaps, and ``|1pt 2pt 3pt|'' repeats ``1\,pt.\ rule, 2\,pt.\ % gap, 3\,pt.\ rule, 1\,pt.\ gap, 2\,pt.\ rule, 3\,pt.\ gap.'' % % % \bigskip\noindent\hdashrule[0pt][x]{\fill}{1pt}{5pt}\rule{5pt}{1pt} % \section{Examples} % % The following are some typical ways to use |\hdashrule|. Each example % changes from the previous in only one parameter. For clarity, % underlines are used to indicate modified text. % % \begin{center} % \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5} % \newcommand{\chg}[1]{\underbar{\texttt{#1}}} % \begin{tabular}{l@{\qquad}l} % |\hdashrule{2cm}{1pt}{1pt}| & % X\hdashrule{2cm}{1pt}{1pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule{|\chg{4cm}|}{1pt}{1pt}| & % X\hdashrule{4cm}{1pt}{1pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule|\chg{[0.5ex]}|{4cm}{1pt}{1pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1pt}{1pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1pt}{|\chg{3mm}|}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1pt}{3mm}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{|\chg{1mm}|}{3mm}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{3mm}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{3mm |\chg{3pt}|}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{3mm 3pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{%| \\[-1.5ex] % | 3mm 3pt |\chg{1mm 2pt}|}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{3mm 3pt 1mm 2pt}x \\ % \end{tabular} % \end{center} % % \bigskip % \noindent % These next examples show the effect of using different leader types. % Each leader is used in both a 4\,cm~wide rule and a 3\,cm~wide rule. % % \begin{center} % \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} % \begin{tabular}{l@{\qquad}l} % |\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{4cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex]{3cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex]{3cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}x \\[2ex] % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex][c]{4cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex][c]{4cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex][c]{3cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex][c]{3cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}x \\[2ex] % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex][x]{4cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex][x]{4cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}x \\ % % |\hdashrule[0.5ex][x]{3cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}| & % X\hdashrule[0.5ex][x]{3cm}{1mm}{8mm 2pt}x \\ % \end{tabular} % \end{center} % % \noindent % Notice how the dashes in the first pair of |\hdashrule|s line up; the % rules in the second pair each have an equal amount of whitespace on % either side of the rule; and the rules in the third pair have extra % spaces within the dash pattern itself instead of around it. The % |x|~qualifier is rarely useful for dashed rules, because it alters the % pattern itself. (I included |x| for completeness, not practicality.) % However, |x| does enable rules with long dashes to better fill a % comparatively small width, as in the following example: % % \begin{center} % \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} % \begin{tabular}{l@{\qquad}l} % |\hdashrule[0.5ex][x]{3in}{2pt}{2cm 0pt}| \\ % X\hdashrule[0.5ex][x]{3in}{2pt}{2cm 0pt}x % \end{tabular} % \end{center} % % \noindent % The gaps in the above are clearly wider than~|0pt|, but they \emph{are} % evenly spaced. % % \bigskip\noindent\hdashrule[0pt][x]{\fill}{1pt}{5pt}\rule{5pt}{1pt} % \section{Differences from \texttt{setdash}} % % |\hdashrule| is different from PostScript's |setdash| command in the % following ways: % % \begin{itemize} % \item |setdash| takes on/off values in terms of PostScript points % (\TeX{} ``big points'' or~``|bp|''), while |\hdashrule| requires % explicit units. % % \item There is no equivalent of |setdash|'s \textit{offset} % parameter, to specify a starting offset into the pattern. If you're % desperate, you can fake \textit{offset} with a leading |\rule| and % |\hspace|. % % \item Unlike |setdash|, |\hdashrule| can't draw a solid line. Use % |\rule| for solid lines. % \end{itemize} % % % \noindent\hdashrule[0pt][x]{\fill}{1pt}{5pt}\rule{5pt}{1pt} % \section{Implementation} % % \begin{macrocode} %<*package> % \end{macrocode} % % \begin{macro}{\hdr@do@rule} % This macro is exactly like \LaTeX's |\rule|, except that the optional % argument is required, and it has the side effect of pointing % |\hdr@do@something| to |\hdr@do@skip|. % \begin{macrocode} \def\hdr@do@rule[#1]#2#3{% \rule[#1]{#2}{#3}% \let\hdr@do@something=\hdr@do@skip } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\hdr@do@skip} % This macro takes the same arguments as |\hdr@do@rule|, but instead of % drawing a rule, it inserts an equivalent amount of horizontal % whitespace. Additionally, it points |\hdr@do@something| to % |\hdr@do@rule| as a side effect. % \begin{macrocode} \def\hdr@do@skip[#1]#2#3{% \hspace*{#2}% \let\hdr@do@something=\hdr@do@rule } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\c@hdr@segments} % \begin{macro}{\hdr@tally@segments} % Dash patterns containing an odd number of segments are treated % differently from dash patterns containing an even number of segments. % We therefore define a macro, |\hdr@tally@segments|, which counts the % number of space-separated segments in a dash pattern and stores the % tally in the |hdr@segments| counter. Note that |hdr@segments| should % be initialized to~|0| before invoking |\hdr@tally@segments|. % \begin{macrocode} \newcounter{hdr@segments} \def\hdr@tally@segments#1 {% \ifx#1!% \else \addtocounter{hdr@segments}{1}% \expandafter\hdr@tally@segments% \fi } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\hdashrule} % This is the only macro in \textsf{dashrule}'s external interface. % |\hdashrule@ii| does all the work for |\hdashrule|, though. All % |\hdashrule| itself does is invoke |\hdashrule@i| with its first % optional argument, or~|0.0pt| if none was provided. |\hdashrule@i|, % in turn, invokes |\hdashrule@ii| with the two optional arguments, % supplying |\empty| as the default value of the second optional % argument. % \begin{macrocode} \DeclareRobustCommand{\hdashrule}{\@testopt{\hdashrule@i}{0pt}} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\hdashrule@i} % Supply |\empty| as the default second argument and call % |\hdashrule@ii|. % \begin{macrocode} \def\hdashrule@i[#1]{\@testopt{\hdashrule@ii[#1]}\empty} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\hdashrule@ii} % Now we can do the real work for |\hdashrule|. |\hdashrule@ii| takes % the following parameters: % % \begin{center} % \begin{tabular}{ccccc} % |#1| & |#2| & |#3| & |#4| & |#5| \\ % \oarg{raise} & \oarg{leader} & \marg{width} & \marg{height} & \marg{dash} % \end{tabular} % \end{center} % % The \meta{raise}, \meta{width}, and \meta{height} parameters have the % same meaning as in \LaTeX's |\rule| macro. \meta{leader} specifies % which \TeX{} leader function to use to fill \meta{width} amount of % space. It should be |c| for |\cleaders|, |x| for |\xleaders|, or % nothing for ordinary |\leaders|. The \meta{dash} argument determines % the dash pattern and is analogous to the \textit{array} argument to % PostScript's |setdash| function. That is, it is a list of % space-separated \meta{dimen}s that alternate ``on'' and ``off'' % distances. % \begin{macrocode} \def\hdashrule@ii[#1][#2]#3#4#5{% % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\hdr@do@something} % The |\hdr@do@something| alias alternates between |\hdr@do@rule| % and |\hdr@do@skip|, starting with |\hdr@do@rule|. % \begin{macrocode} \let\hdr@do@something=\hdr@do@rule % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\hdr@parse@dash} % For every space-separated \meta{dimen} in \meta{dash}, we invoke % |\hdr@do@something| to draw a rule or a space, as appropriate. We % define |\hdr@parse@dash| within |\hdashrule@ii| so we don't have to % pass in |\hdashrule@ii|'s~|#1| and~|#4| on every invocation. % \begin{macrocode} \def\hdr@parse@dash##1 {% \ifx##1!% \else \hdr@do@something[#1]{##1}{#4}% \expandafter\hdr@parse@dash% \fi }% % \end{macrocode} % We now count the number of segments in the dash pattern, so we can % determine if we have an even or odd number of them. % \begin{macrocode} \setcounter{hdr@segments}{0}% \hdr@tally@segments#5 ! % \end{macrocode} % Finally, we invoke |\leaders|, |\cleaders|, or |\xleaders| to draw the % dashed line, repeating the pattern until \meta{width} space is filled. % The trick here is that odd-lengthed pattern descriptions must be % repeated to yield the complete pattern. For instance, the pattern % ``|1pt|'' is actually short for ``1\,pt.\ rule, 1\,pt.\ space,'' and % ``|2pt 4pt 6pt|'' is an abridged version of ``2\,pt.\ rule, 4\,pt.\ % space, 6\,pt.\ rule, 2\,pt.\ space, 4\,pt.\ rule, 6\,pt.\ space.'' % Although it is valid to repeat even-length patterns, as well---an % earlier draft of |\hdashrule@ii| did just that---this produces % inferior results, because \TeX's various leader commands do not split % boxes. The longer the pattern, the less likely it will fit % snugly into the given width. % \begin{macrocode} \ifodd\c@hdr@segments \csname#2leaders\endcsname% \hbox{\hdr@parse@dash#5 #5 ! }% \hskip#3\relax \else \csname#2leaders\endcsname% \hbox{\hdr@parse@dash#5 ! }% \hskip#3\relax \fi% } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macrocode} % % \end{macrocode} % % \Finale %