Re: textrules

[Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I want two paragraphs separated by a rule which has the same distance to
> the preceding and the following line (yes, I know that this is fuzzy,
> it's just the optical impression that counts). I can't get my head
> around the \setuptextrules command, which should allow to do this. I
> tried this:
> 
> 
> \def\smallblank{\blank[line]}
> \def\bigblank{\blank[2*line]}
> 
> \setuptextrules[inbetween=\bigblank,
> before=\bigblank
> ]
> 
> but I realize that the before, after, and inbetween keywords either
> don't do what I want or plain do nothing. Could somebody explain what
> their expected behavior is (and if I should use a different approach
> than textrule?).
>
add

\showskips

to your source (better a small one). I just tested a bit (between my
current mp examples) and 'inbetween={\blank[2*big]}' and
'after={\blank[2*big]}' should do the job. If you dare, ask Hans about
the meaning of 'before' ;)


Greetings, Peter

> Thanks
> 
> Thomas
> 
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