CTAN package update: linegoal (v2.9)
Date: February 25, 2011 7:35:52 PM CET
i don't remember what i was doing, but it was obviously terribly
interesting work, because i didn't notice the daemon saying:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: linegoal (v2.9)
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal
> Summary description: A ``dimen'' that corresponds to the remainder of the line
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> . Modification of the expansion process for setting the
> linegoal in order to allow the use of \linegoal inside
> the arguments of tabular column :
> p{ .4\linegoal} m{ .2\linegoal } b{ .15\linegoal }
>
> when the calc.sty package is loaded.
>
> This is because such arguments are expanded by array.sty
> during the rewriting process and hence, before \setlength.
>
> This can be handy for \multicolumn in some cases:
>
> \begin{tabu}{|XX[2]X|}
> Hello
> &
> \multicolumn2{p{\linegoal}|}
> {\vskip-\ht\strutbox\strut\lipsum[5]} \\
> \tabuphantomline
> \end{tabu}
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository entry.
> 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 pdfTeX, 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.
| Package | linegoal |
| Version | 2.9 |
| Copyright | 2010 Florent Chervet |
| Maintainer | Florent Chervet |