[Tex/LaTex] insert text in rule

rulestext;ulem

I have difficulty writing a compact command that allows me to insert a text between two lines.
I read some links such as this and this, but each one treats the left and right line separately

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath} %<<=== 
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\newcommand\gsout{\bgroup\markoverwith{\textcolor{gray}{\rule[0.5ex]{2pt}{2.5pt}}}\ULon}

\newcommand*{\sxrule}[1][3em]{\textcolor{gray}{\rule[0.5ex]{#1}{2.5pt}}\;}


\begin{document}

\sxrule Osservazioni \gsout{\hfill}

\end{document}

Have any suggestions? thanks

Best Answer

Perhaps something like this:

Here's the code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newlength\sxrulelength
\newcommand\sxrule[2][3em]{%
  \settowidth\sxrulelength{\,#2\,}%
  \noindent%
  \textcolor{gray}{\rule[0.5ex]{#1}{2.5pt}}\,#2\,%
  \textcolor{gray}{\rule[0.5ex]{\dimexpr\linewidth-\sxrulelength-#1\relax}{2.5pt}}%
}

\begin{document}

  \lipsum

  \sxrule{Osservazioni}

  \lipsum

\end{document}

The \sxrule macro has an optional argument that controls the length of the "left hand" line. As in the OP, this defaults to 3em.

Judging from the comments, perhaps the definition

\newcommand\sxrule[2][3em]{%
  \settowidth\sxrulelength{\,#2\,}%
  \noindent%
  \textcolor{gray}{\rule[0.5ex]{#1}{2.5pt}}\,\textbf{#2}\,%
  \textcolor{gray}{\rule[0.5ex]{\dimexpr\linewidth-\sxrulelength-#1\relax}{2.5pt}}%
}

is better as now \sxrule{Osservazioni} puts "Osservazioni" in bold:

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[Tex/LaTex] Section heading, text embedded in horizontal rule

Here is one way of doing this using titlesec. The vertically centered horizontal \hrulefill called \Vhrulefill was taken from Vertically centered horizontal rule filling the rest of a line?

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}% http://ctan.org/pkg/titlesec
\def\Vhrulefill{\leavevmode\leaders\hrule height 0.7ex depth \dimexpr0.4pt-0.7ex\hfill\kern0pt}
\titleformat{\section}{\bfseries\large}{}{0pt}{\noindent\Vhrulefill~\thesection\quad#1~\Vhrulefill}
\begin{document}
\section{First section}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Second section}
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}

Specifying the package option explicit allows you to have more control over the placement of the sectioning title via the #1 parameter in \titleformat. Of course, in this sense, you can also add a different space between the section and the horizontal rules (I've used ~ in my example). However, this modification (as well as the sectional formatting) may all be up to personal preference. I've also used \bfseries\large for the sectional headings which is different from what is defined in article.cls. Here are the defaults:

\section: \normalfont\Large\bfseries
\subsection: \normalfont\large\bfseries
\subsubsection: \normalfont\normalsize\bfseries
\paragraph: \normalfont\normalsize\bfseries
\subparagraph: \normalfont\normalsize\bfseries

\quad is the regular skip between the sectional number/counter and title/heading. It is defined as a horizontal skip of 1em, which is relative to the font size used - a good thing. Finally, if you want a regular rule at the baseline level, use \hrulefill instead of \Vhrulefill. Of course, any of the other methods described to provide a vertically centered \hrulefill should also work.

[Tex/LaTex] insert text into hrulefill

You can use \leaders to specify the style of your rules:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}% http://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor
\newcommand*{\myrulefill}[3][]{%
  \makebox[#2]{#1%
    \leaders\hrule height \dimexpr.5ex+.2pt\relax depth \dimexpr -.5ex+.2pt\relax \hfill% Left rule
    \enskip{#3}\enskip% Text (and surrounding spaces)
    \leaders\hrule height \dimexpr.5ex+.2pt\relax depth \dimexpr -.5ex+.2pt\relax \hfill\kern0pt}% Right rule
}
\begin{document}
\myrulefill{10em}{text} \par
\myrulefill{.5\linewidth}{Here is some more text} \par
\myrulefill[\color{olive}]{150pt}{\color{black}SoMe MoRe TeXT}
\end{document}

The provided \myrulefill[<stuff>]{<len>}{<text>} inserts <text> in the middle of a box of length <len> with rules added on either side. <stuff> is an optional argument that can be specified if you want to (say) change the colour.

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