AW: creating writing paper

["Lutz Haseloff" <Lutz.Haseloff@lbapdm.brandenburg.de>]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl 
> [mailto:owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl] Im Auftrag von Matthew Huggett
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2002 05:43
> An: ntg-context@ntg.nl
> Betreff: creating writing paper
> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I'm teaching English to some young Japanese kids and I need 
> to make some writing paper for worksheets. I need the type of 
> paper with a broken (dashed) line between two solid lines.  I 
> have managed to create this with the following TeX code:
> 
> \define\BigWritingLines{% writing lines for young kids 
> \thinrule \vskip 7pt
> \type{--------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> -----------}
> \vskip 3pt
> \thinrule
> }
> 
> This works for me, but there must be a more elegant way of 
> making the dashed line.  I'd like to make it so that I don't 
> have to guess how many dashes I need to fill the line but not 
> break it.
> 
> I've attached a PDF so you can see what I'm after.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> 
> Matthew Huggett
> Hiratsuka, Japan
> 
> 

You can try:

\def\dashfill{\leaders\hbox{-}\hfill}

\line{\strut\dashfill\strut}

I found it in the TeXbook (p. 223)

Greetings

Lutz