Re: Problem with Horizontal line exceeding page margins

[Michael Koehmstedt, RenPet]

I imagine nothing is wrong with it :)

I just wasn't aware of that command. I only started using lout a couple of days ago and I got that definition of HLine from the Expert's Guide. I now see that @FullWidthRule is mentioned once in the User's Guide, but it's buried in an unrelated section on appendixes.

Thanks Mark, I will try this new command.

Michael

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Mark Summerfield <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Michael,

What's wrong with using @FullWidthRule ?

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:03:06 -0700
"Michael Koehmstedt, RenPet" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am having a problem drawing a simple horizontal line. All I'd like
> is a slim horizontal line that goes from left margin to right margin.
>
> Here is the relevant code:
>
> def @HLine
>   left size
> {
> @BackEnd @Case {
>   PDF @Yield {
>     { 0 0 m __xsize 0 l __mul(size, __pt) w S } @Graphic {}
>   }
> }
> }
>
> As you can see I am using the PDF back-end.
>
> When I look at the PDF in Adobe Acrobat, it looks fine. However, when
> I print the document, the right end of the horizontal line exceeds
> the right margin, by a significant amount, around half an inch.
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I know the PDF's graphic capabilities are
> inferior to PostScript, but I have to use PDF. Hopefully as something
> as simple as a basic horizontal line is possible.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Koehmstedt

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