creating writing paper

creating writing paper

[Matthew Huggett]

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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

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AW: creating writing paper

[Lutz Haseloff]

> -----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

Re: creating writing paper

[Hans Hagen]

At 12:42 PM 7/18/2002 +0900, Matthew Huggett wrote:
>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.

\starttext

\showframe

\def\dashfill
   {\hskip-.25em
    \cleaders
      \hbox to .5em
        {\hss
         \vrule
            depth .5pt
            height.5pt
            width .25em}
      \hfill}

\hbox to \hsize{\strut \dashfill}
\hbox to \hsize{\strut \inleftmargin{monday}\dashfill}

\stoptext
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