From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/11468 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: dashed horizontal line Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:27:40 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20030317182626.02f31540@server-1> References: <3E740228.6040102@zam.att.ne.jp> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047922527 29385 80.91.224.249 (17 Mar 2003 17:35:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:35:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Mon Mar 17 18:35:25 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18uyUs-0007Wo-00 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:34:02 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9FAF10B34; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:34:52 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.nl (mail.solcon.nl [212.45.33.11]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E1D10B33 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:32:08 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (wc-58016.solcon.nl [212.45.58.16]) by mail.solcon.nl (8.12.5/pre1.0-MySQL/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h2HHW1CD018565 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:32:01 +0100 Original-Received: from LAPTOP-3.wxs.nl (laptop-3 [10.100.1.191]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2HHW6EU001276 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:32:06 +0100 X-Sender: hagen-mail@server-1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <3E740228.6040102@zam.att.ne.jp> X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020919) (mail.solcon.nl) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:11468 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:11468 At 01:48 PM 3/16/2003 +0900, you wrote: >Hi all: > >I would like to draw a short horizontal line, somewhat like \hl[5] but >dashed instead of solid. Is there a command for this? you can do that with \leaders in tex code, but nicer is: \startuniqueMPgraphic{WhatARule}{length,linewidth,color} draw origin -- (\MPvar{length},0) dashed evenly % change this to what you want withpen pencircle scaled \MPvar{linewidth} withcolor \MPcolor{\MPvar{color}} ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \setMPvariables [WhatARule] [length=6\bodyfontsize, % 4cm, linewidth=1pt, color=red] \def\WhatARule {\dontleavehmode\struttedbox{\uniqueMPgraphic{WhatARule}}} \starttext \dostepwiserecurse{4}{12}{1} {\expanded{\switchtobodyfont[\recurselevel pt]} test \par \WhatARule \par test} \stoptext Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------