\hlinefill help needed

[Tom Emerson]

Greetings LaTeX gurus.

I need to draw a flat line next to a text item in the heading of a
document, i.e. something like

Date: ____________

where the length of the line is variable, say 1". I can't get LaTeX
to do this. \hlinefill will draw the line across the page, which I
don't want.

All and any help will be *greatly* appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Tom
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[George D. Greenwade]

In <TREE.91Se...@newton.uvm.edu> (comp.text.tex, 26 Sep 91 17:20:08
GMT), tr...@newton.uvm.edu (Tom Emerson) posted:

> Greetings LaTeX gurus.
>
> I need to draw a flat line next to a text item in the heading of a
> document, i.e. something like
>
> Date: ____________
>
> where the length of the line is variable, say 1". I can't get LaTeX to do
> this. \hlinefill will draw the line across the page, which I don't want.

Use a \rule{wid}{ht}. Generally, a \rule{wid}{.3mm} generates a usable
(visually acceptable) line thickness. For a rule of 1in, use
\rule{1in}{.3mm}. There is also an optional offset; see to p. 195 of Lamport.

Regards, George
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