Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.4259266C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:41:53 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4259266C" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: question about colseps in tabular Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 01:44:37 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "bbeeton" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 338 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4259266C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable in trying to hack a tug nomination petition form into reasonable shape, i had a rotten time trying to remove the colsep at the beginning of the line so that a table would be flush to both margins. finally, i resorted to brute force, viz. \newcommand{\SigRule}{\rule{4.5cm}{.5pt}} \newcommand{\DateRule}{\rule{2.3cm}{.5pt}} \def\undoskip{\kern-\tabcolsep} \begin{flushleft} \begin{tabular}{ccc} \multicolumn{3}{c}{\large \bf Members supporting this nomination} \\ \noalign{\vskip1pc} \undoskip \bf Nominated by & \bf Signature & \bf Date \\ \undoskip (please print) & & \\ \noalign{\vskip1pc} \undoskip \SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ \noalign{\vskip1pc} \undoskip \SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ \end{tabular} \end{flushleft} not very elegant, i must admit. (and yes, you can see my irritation in the use of the \def .) i've read what the manual says about \tabcolsep on page 185. i can't find anywhere in the manual a mention of the fact that \tabcolsep is at the edges as well as between the columns, but the code in latex.tex sure looks that way. and i just don't see any nice tidy way of peeling the excess off the edges. (with an ordinary \halign i could fiddle with the \tabskip's in the preamble.) what am i missing? will latex 3 be able to handle this in a nicer way? -- bb ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4259266C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable question about colseps in tabular

in trying to hack a tug nomination petition form into = reasonable
shape, i had a rotten time trying to remove the = colsep at the
beginning of the line so that a table would be flush = to both
margins.  finally, i resorted to brute force, = viz.

  = \newcommand{\SigRule}{\rule{4.5cm}{.5pt}}
  = \newcommand{\DateRule}{\rule{2.3cm}{.5pt}}
  \def\undoskip{\kern-\tabcolsep}

  \begin{flushleft}
  \begin{tabular}{ccc}
  \multicolumn{3}{c}{\large \bf Members = supporting this nomination} \\
  \noalign{\vskip1pc}
  \undoskip \bf Nominated by & \bf = Signature  & \bf Date        = \\
  \undoskip (please print)   = &           &n= bsp;    = &           &n= bsp;     \\
  \noalign{\vskip1pc}
  \undoskip \SigRule    & = \SigRule  & \DateRule   \\
  \noalign{\vskip1pc}
  \undoskip \SigRule    & = \SigRule  & \DateRule   \\
  \end{tabular}
  \end{flushleft}

not very elegant, i must admit.  (and yes, you = can see my irritation
in the use of the \def .)

i've read what the manual says about \tabcolsep on = page 185.  i can't
find anywhere in the manual a mention of the fact = that \tabcolsep
is at the edges as well as between the columns, but = the code in
latex.tex sure looks that way.  and i just don't = see any nice tidy
way of peeling the excess off the edges.  (with = an ordinary \halign i
could fiddle with the \tabskip's in the = preamble.)

what am i missing?  will latex 3 be able to = handle this in a nicer way?
        =         =         =         =         =         -- bb

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