From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60225 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: meta post query (MK2) re underlining Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:24 +0200 Message-ID: <4C40C124.5050106@wxs.nl> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279312189 25625 80.91.229.12 (16 Jul 2010 20:29:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:29:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Bowen Alan C." To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jul 16 22:29:45 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZrXQ-0003Vm-7G for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A4DC9BB9; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:39 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id fcwlNGIFOAXd; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE09EC9B49; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 447F1C9B49 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id CKN2Ym1YRsx2 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp.ziggozakelijk.nl (sc-162.r-213-125-29.schoolconnect.nu [213.125.29.162]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03821C9B35 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.100; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by pragma-net.nl (SurgeMail 4.3g4) with ESMTP id 1502-1713362 for multiple; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:03 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.5 ThunderBrowse/3.3.1 In-Reply-To: X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60225 Archived-At: On 16-7-2010 5:00, Bowen Alan C. wrote: > I have been using > > \definetextbackground[underline] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] > > for underlining in my documents and > > \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} > \iftracepositions show_multi_pars \else draw_multi_pars \fi ; > path p ; p := boundingbox currentpicture ; > currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-StrutDepth/2) ; > setbounds currentpicture to p ; > \stopuseMPgraphic > > to control the depth of the underlining. > > Unfortunately, this underlining is still sometimes too far beneath the word underlined. I had thought the problem is the -StrutDepth/2. But even if I change it to an absolute value, the underlines to not appear at the same distance even when the word. > > Try this test file: > > \definetextbackground[underline] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] > > \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} > \iftracepositions show_multi_pars \else draw_multi_pars \fi ; > path p ; p := boundingbox currentpicture ; > currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-.50) ; > setbounds currentpicture to p ; > \stopuseMPgraphic > > \starttext > > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. > > \stoptext > > What I need is underlining that occurs at a fixed/constant distance below the words underlined (allowing for descenders, of course, when they are present). > > Any suggestions? just use \underbar(s) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________