Questions tagged [dotfill]
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Is there other ways in writing this macro (centered dotfill)?
I'm using a little macro found on Stack Exchange to define a vertically centered dotfill, but I don't understand it at all and it feels like an "hack" to me. Is there other ways in writing ...
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Remove horizontal spacing between \makebox and \dotfill
I want to present some information in a format which has a scenario described then dotfill to a right aligned result. If the scenario+result would fill the line, I want it to break to the next line ...
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Dotfill in cases environment
I'm trying to use \dotfill in a cases environment within an equation. I've adopted the solution here: Alignment and dotfill in cases
However, I'd like to be able to write something to the left of the ...
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\dotfill with minimal length
I want to build a \dotfill command where I can specify a minimum length.
I have tried:
\makebox[0.88em]{\dotfill}\dotfill
As the standard spacing of dotfill is 0.44em, so I get exactly two dots. ...
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Place middle dots in place of spaces
Is it possible to get middle dots (·) in place of space like in classical Latin inscriptions?
As example, the following code …
\dotseparation{SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS}
… should appear like this “...
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Raggedleft in tabular with dotfill
I would like to make a tabular with three columns, the first two should be raggedright and the last one should be raggedleft. The lines should be filled with dotfill.
Here my (hopefully working) ...
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Dotfill after hypenation break
It seems there is an issue with \dotfill after a hyphenation break, minimal example
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
hippopotamus, hippopotamus, hippopotamus, hippopotamus, hippopotamus
\...
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How to add a dot after the number and the name of the parts, but only in the TOC, TOF and TOT?
I want to add a dot after the number part (roman numeral) and also after the part name, but only in the TOC, TOF and TOT.
I can put or remove the dot both in the titles of the part and in the TOC, but ...
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How to add a dot after the number and the name of the parts in the TOC? [duplicate]
I want to add a dot after the number part (roman numeral) and also after the part name, but only in the TOC.
I can put or remove the dot both in the titles of the part and in the TOC, but not only in ...
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How to Selectively Eliminate the Dotfill in a TOC Chapter Entry
This question is an extension of the one posed in How to Selectively Turn Chapter Page Numbers Off in the Table of Contents
I am using dotfill for chapter entries in the TOC; however, I would like to ...
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Left align text after dotfill
I have been trying to align text after \dotfill such that both (text) in the first line and (long text) in the second line are left aligned such that white space will be after the word (text) in the ...
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Having Trouble Extending Dotfill in the Usual Way with Book Class
Consider the code:
\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage[showframe,margin=.3in,paperwidth=4in,paperheight=6in]{geometry}
\textheight=5.25in
\usepackage[frame,noinfo,center]{crop}
\usepackage{tocloft}...
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Dotfill in align math mode
I want to be able to make \dotfill in math \begin{align*} mode
Here is my code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
& M=E-e \sin E \makebox[5cm]{\dotfill} \...
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How to Add a Dotfill for a TOC Chapter When There were None Earlier
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage % Clears all blank pages
\renewcommand\cftchapafterpnum{\vspace*{5pt}} % Space after each Chapter in the ...
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How can I make the dotted lines go all the way to the margin?
In the exam package, I'm trying to put in writing space in the form of dotted lines. To do so, I created the command "\lines{X}" to insert X amount of dotted lines on the page at a set ...
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Page number (or dot fill) in Index not placed in the right place
In my configuration of the Index, the .mst file contains the following:
delim_0 "\\IndexDotfill " % Filler between section heading and page number
delim_1 "\\IndexDotfill " % ...
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\dotfill spanning over line break
I want to write a simple glossary, using something like the code below.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\newcommand{\itemlex}[2]{%
\mbox{#1} \dotfill{} \mbox{\itshape #2}%
\par}
\...
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scrartcl toc sectionentrywithdots formatting
Im pretty new to tex. I managed to get everything I wanted.
But I am stuck with the table of contents.
\documentclass[12pt,oneside,titlepage,listof=totoc,bibliography=totoc,toc=sectionentrywithdots]{...
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move from tocstyle to tocbasic
I have been using tocstyle until it was removed.
Here is my definition
\usepackage[%
%%% toc width calculation
tocindentauto, % all widths at the TOCs are calculated by tocindentauto
%%% ...
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How to achieve \dotfill in math mode?
Here is an MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\makeatletter
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand { \score } { O{} m }
{
\mode_if_math:TF
{ \...
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Line-breaking problem produced by \dotfill and long index entries
First an MWE and its index page are as follows.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
%%%index setting%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\usepackage[colorlinks,linkcolor=blue]{hyperref}
\...
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