arydshln (v1.71): The package to draw dash-lines in array/tabular [How to "make"] % tex arydshln.ins # you'll have arydshln.sty and arydshln-man.tex # to have user's manual (its PDF is included in the distribution) % latex arydshln-man % makeindex -s gind.ist -o arydshln-man.ind arydshln-man.idx % latex arydshln-man # to have implementation document (its PDF is included in the distribution) % latex arydshln.dtx % makeindex -s gind.ist -o arydshln.ind arydshln.idx % makeindex -s gglo.ist -o arydshln.gls arydshln.glo % latex arydshln.dtx [Features] + Vertical dash-lines are drawn by `:' in the preamble of array/ tabular. + Horizontal dash-lines are drawn by \hdashline and \cdashline{-}. + Dash and gap size may be changed by setting \dashlinedash and \dashlinegap globally , or locally by `;{/}' for vertical and optional argument [/] of \hdashline/\cdashline for horizontal. + A few commands for fine tuning, performance tuning, etc. are also available. + Compatible with "array" (from v1.4), "colortab" (from v1.5), "longtable" (from v1.6) and "colortbl (now!!). Enjoy! Hiroshi Nakashima