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Re: [PLUG] Re: shading text background
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:21:45PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> also sprach Jeff Abrahamson (on Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:43:04PM -0500):
> > However, \hss is glue that stretches infinitely. It's not quite so
> > infinite as \hfill, and there's a glue that's even more infinite than
> > \hfill, don't remember it's name.
>
> explain this to me, will you? so there is hypothetical glue between
> the text on either side of the \hss statement? this part makes sense
> in a way, but how does the glue know how long to extend? is the page
> border a default stop? and why do i need an \hss before the section
> title?
\hss *is* glue. Glue has a favorite size, a minimum (contract) size,
and a maximum (stretch) size. For \hss, I think it's (0,0,oo).
> \newcommand{\sectionhead}[1]
> { \vspace{3pt}
> \colorbox[gray]{0.90}{\hss #1\hss} \\
> }
>
> but all i get is
> | section head |
>
> instead of
>
> | section head |
>
> any more ideas?
Maybe make a \vbox with specific dimensions? I don't remember this
stuff well enough. You need a better TeXpert than me.
--
Jeff
Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
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