General ⇒ Horizontal line?

[ck9]

Hi
How can I create horizontal lines like this?

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I guess it can be done manually with the /line command, but it is there a more automatic way? (e.g. /dolines {x} - where x is the number of lines)

Thanks

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can create those lines "manually" using \hrulefill:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

text text \hrulefill

\noindent\hrulefill

\noindent\hrulefill

\end{document}

The exam class, for example, allows you to automate this process and provides many other features that you could be interested in.

[ck9]

Thanks a lot. Works great however it's not creating the line on blank lines. Any ideas? Inserting a horizontal space doesn't do it either.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

text text (this works fine) \hrulefill

\noindent\hrulefill (this doesn't work)

. \noindent\hrulefill (this works as there is a character before the command)

\end{document}

[gmedina]

Thanks a lot. Works great however it's not creating the line on blank lines. Any ideas? Inserting a horizontal space doesn't do it either.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

text text (this works fine) \hrulefill

\noindent\hrulefill (this doesn't work)

. \noindent\hrulefill (this works as there is a character before the command)

\end{document}

I don't understand what is not working exactly. The code that I posted produces three horizontal rules; I attach the resulting pdf file. Are you getting something different?

[ck9]

Yes it works. In LyX I was using it within an enumerate list (i.e. 1. 2. 3.) and used a ctrl-space followed by \hrulefill. That only produces the horizontal line when the line has something already. On a standard line it works just like you said. Thanks again.