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Need (TeX) halign preamble with right justified dotfill

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From: Roland Roberts
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 20:49
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I have written up an address list and am trying to get it formatted in
a fashion I consider correct (as opposed to what TeX considers).  The
format of the table should look like:

Roland Roberts . . . . . .      275-8962
John Doe . . . . . . . . .      897-2978
Suzanne Smith  . . . . . . 923-4114 / 988-2983

where for each entry, the dots stop (on the right) at the same
horizontal position.  Currently I am using the following:

\halign{\strut#&#\enspace\hfil$\ldots$\dotfill&\thinspace\hfil#\hfil\cr
&Roland Roberts&275-8962\cr
&John Doe&897-2978\cr
&Suzanne Smith&923-4114 / 988-2983\cr}

The $\ldots$ is to prevent the longest line from having no dots at
all.  The right edge of the dots varies by more than the width of the
dot itself which makes it quite noticeable.  Ideally, I'd like the
dots to continue all the way up to the phone number, but I'll consider
that a "bonus" and be content with having the dots align.  Is there a
way to get this done?

As a related question, is there a way to get an \halign to allow a
page break?  The list is currently short, but will soon need to go to
double columns or multiple pages.  Thanks for any help!

-- 
Roland Roberts                      BITNET: roberts@uornsrl
  Nuclear Structure Research Lab  INTERNET: rbr4@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
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From: rbr4@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Roland Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Need (TeX) halign preamble with right justified dotfill
Keywords: halign preamble dotfill
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Date: 27 Feb 89 20:49:08 GMT
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