decorationsrules
I have been trying to find a way to easily drop a nice horizontal rule into a LaTeX document. \hline just makes a line across the page. It would seem that some package must provide something that is maybe half a page wide, with little bedknobs on the ends or something to act as a nice section marker for paragraphs.
Any ideas? Or am I boned, and need to come up with my own macro to create such a beast?
The width for those rules is given by \@Hrw (for the header rule) and \@Frw (for the footer rule), so it's enough to set those lengths to zero:
\documentclass[orderfromdateto,sigcenter]{newlfm}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{baskervald}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newsavebox{\Wlogo}
\savebox{\Wlogo}{\parbox{6in}{\Large WILLIAMS COLLEGE \hspace{5mm} \normalsize
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 01267-2693}}
\makeaddress{WillPhys}{
\addr{ \parbox{3in}{\begin{flushright}\emph{DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS} \\
33 Lab Campus Drive \\
Williamstown, MA 01267 \\
(413) 597-2482 \end{flushright}}
}
\name{Michael Seifert}
}
\makeletterhead{Williamsltr}{%
\setadrfr{\adrWillPhys}\Lheader{\usebox{\Wlogo}}%
}
\lthWilliamsltr
\makeatletter
\setlength\@Hrw{0pt}
\setlength\@Frw{0pt}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\greetto{To Whom It May Concern,}
\closeline{Sincerely,}
\begin{newlfm}
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{newlfm}
\end{document}
Both problems are related. \cline has to support several \clines in a row, e.g.:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{*{5}{c}}
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5\\
\cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}
A & B & C & D & E
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Therefore \cline cannot move down like \hline, the definition of \cline is (latex.ltx):
\def\cline#1{\@cline#1\@nil}
\def\@cline#1-#2\@nil{%
\omit
\@multicnt#1%
\advance\@multispan\m@ne
\ifnum\@multicnt=\@ne\@firstofone{&\omit}\fi
\@multicnt#2%
\advance\@multicnt-#1%
\advance\@multispan\@ne
\leaders\hrule\@height\arrayrulewidth\hfill
\cr
\noalign{\vskip-\arrayrulewidth}}
In the last step \cline moves back to the original vertical position.
But the vertical space for the line can be added after the \clines, e.g.:
\cline{...}\cline{...}\noalign{\vskip\arrayrulewidth}
Applied to your example, it can be added to macro \whline. This fixes also the problem with \cellcolor:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\begin{document}
\newcolumntype{I}{!{\vrule width 3pt}}
\newlength\savedwidth
\newcommand\whline[1]{%
\noalign{%
\global\savedwidth\arrayrulewidth\global\arrayrulewidth 6pt%
}%
\cline{#1}%
\noalign{\vskip\arrayrulewidth}%
\noalign{\global\arrayrulewidth\savedwidth}%
}
\begin{tabular}{|cIc|c|}\hline
A & B & C \\ \hline
X & \cellcolor{red}Y & Z \\ \whline{1-3}
\cellcolor{green}100 & 10 & 1 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Best Answer
You may be interested in pgfornament.
As pointed by Gonzalo,
pgfornamentscan be used withouttikzpictureenvironment ashence making code less cluttered.