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.

Sources	/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal
Documentation	README Package documentation
Version	2.9
Licenses	The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3
Copyright	2010 Florent Chervet
Maintainer	Florent Chervet
Contained in	TeX Live as linegoal MiKTeX as linegoal
Topics	Layout

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