a line under the header

a line under the header

[Helmut Schwertner]

Hello,

I would like to put a line (not [underbared]) under the header  and above
the footer. The line shouldn't be to thin (not so thin as \hairline) and it
would be nice, if I could have a coloured line (grey, red, whatever). A
small example, so something like this (best view with non proportional
font):


header					pagenumber
-------------------------------------------

text text text text text text text text
text   text text text text text text

text text  text text text text text



-----------------------------------------
footer					footer


Thanks for any help,

best wishes,

Helmut

Re: a line under the header

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

> I would like to put a line (not [underbared]) under the header  and 
> above
> the footer. The line shouldn't be to thin (not so thin as \hairline) 
> and it
> would be nice, if I could have a coloured line (grey, red, whatever). A
> small example, so something like this (best view with non proportional
> font):

In ConTeXt it's useful if you can think around some edges:
Such a line is a frame with only one frame line.
This "frame" forms the background of your header.
Ergo:
\setupbackgrounds	[header][text][frame=off, bottomframe=on]
\setupbackgrounds	[footer][text][frame=off, topframe=on]


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Re: a line under the header

[Alexander Klink]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:36:51PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> In ConTeXt it's useful if you can think around some edges:
> Such a line is a frame with only one frame line.
> This "frame" forms the background of your header.
> Ergo:
> \setupbackgrounds	[header][text][frame=off, bottomframe=on]
> \setupbackgrounds	[footer][text][frame=off, topframe=on]
I was going to ask exactly the same question. Unluckily, what you
did here does not work very well for me - the line is quite below
the header text, I would really like to have it closer...
\setupheader[after={\hairline}] does not work as the hairline
is not below the text but starts at the left border...
Maybe someone got another idea?

Greetings,
		ALeX

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Re: a line under the header

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am Montag, 18.08.03, um 13:31 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Alexander 
Klink:
>> \setupbackgrounds	[header][text][frame=off, bottomframe=on]
>> \setupbackgrounds	[footer][text][frame=off, topframe=on]
> I was going to ask exactly the same question. Unluckily, what you
> did here does not work very well for me - the line is quite below
> the header text, I would really like to have it closer...
> \setupheader[after={\hairline}] does not work as the hairline
> is not below the text but starts at the left border...
> Maybe someone got another idea?

Try to decrease your header height, the header background box
will follow and probably the line gets closer to the text.
(\setuplayout[...])

BTW: Hairlines work on lowres output devices (600 dpi laser
printer), but will disappear on an offset plate. Only as a
hint if someone wants to get his/her books printed.
Why? -- Hairlines are one pixel thick, and one pixel is
invisible if your output device has got about 2450 dpi.

Grüßlis vom Hraban!
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Re: a line under the header

[Hans Hagen]

At 13:31 18/08/2003 +0200, Alexander Klink wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:36:51PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> > In ConTeXt it's useful if you can think around some edges:
> > Such a line is a frame with only one frame line.
> > This "frame" forms the background of your header.
> > Ergo:
> > \setupbackgrounds     [header][text][frame=off, bottomframe=on]
> > \setupbackgrounds     [footer][text][frame=off, topframe=on]
>I was going to ask exactly the same question. Unluckily, what you
>did here does not work very well for me - the line is quite below
>the header text, I would really like to have it closer...
>\setupheader[after={\hairline}] does not work as the hairline
>is not below the text but starts at the left border...
>Maybe someone got another idea?

\startuniqueMPgraphic{nice}
   draw bottomboundary OverlayBox
     leftenlarged 6pt rightenlarged 6pt
     shifted (0,.75HeaderHeight) ;
   setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; % forces dimensions
\stopuniqueMPgraphic

\defineoverlay[nice][\uniqueMPgraphic{nice}]

\setupbackgrounds[header][text][background=nice]

\starttext

\input ward

\stoptext

I added a couple of shifts and enlargements to play with

Hans
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