Re: MetaPost backgrounds

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:30 10/08/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi everybody!
>
>I had some problems with backgrounds in a table. I wanted just a
>horizontal line, but in different heights. The problem is that the line
>will always be in the middle of the cell if I don't add more graphics.
>See the example file below.

well, it's just framed what is in charge there, so you can use

\setupTABLE[width=2cm,height=2cm]
\bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}]
\bTR\bTD Some text\hairline And some more
text that will
apear below the other text\eTD\bTD Some
text
above\hairline  Some text below \eTD\eTR
\eTABLE

now, since spacing for a multiliner is suboptimal, you may put this in 
cont-new.tex:

\def\vboxedhairline
   {\bgroup
    \dimen2=\ifboxhasoffset \localoffset \else \zeropoint \fi
    \dimen4=\dimen2
    \advance\dimen4 \ruledlinewidth
    \setbox0\vbox
      {\advance\hsize 2\dimen4
       \vskip\dimen2
       \hrule
         \!!height\ruledlinewidth
         \!!depth\zeropoint
         \!!width\hsize
       \vskip\dimen2}%
    \endgraf\obeydepth\nointerlineskip
    \moveleft\dimen4\box0
    \endgraf\nointerlineskip\localbegstrut
    \egroup}


>\startuniqueMPgraphic{splittop}

beware: unique graphics are reused, unless the mechanism is able to 
determine that something is different, see metafun

Hans
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