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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Change the dots of the macro \periods[n]
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:30:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54FA0054.7070803@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACF3DB2-EB27-4C2F-8FBE-8457773C8799@gmail.com>

On 3/6/2015 8:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
>> Am 06.03.2015 um 20:02 schrieb Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:
>>
>> On 3/6/2015 6:42 PM, Fabrice Couvreur wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Is it possible to change the shape of the dots of macro \periods[n] to
>>> be like the dots of macro \definefiller[dots][left=\dontleavehmode,
>>> right=\hskip\ZeroPoint\par] ?
>>
>> % in cont-new.mkiv :
>>
>> \unprotect
>>
>> \def\periodsymbol  {.}
>>
>> \unexpanded\def\enco_periods[#1]%
>>   {\dontleavehmode
>>    \hbox\bgroup
>>    \enco_periods_indeed[#1,\periodsymbol,]}
>>
>> \unexpanded\def\enco_periods_indeed[#1,#2,#3]%
>>   {\setbox\scratchbox\hbox to \periodswidth{\hss#2\hss}%
>>    \dorecurse{\iffirstargument#1\else\periodsdefault\fi}{\copy\scratchbox}%
>>    \egroup}
>>
>> \protect
>>
>> test:
>>
>> \starttext
>>     \startlines
>>         x\periods x
>>         x\periods[10]x
>>         x\periods[10,{,}]x
>>         x\periods[10,{!}]x
>>     \stoplines
>> \stoptext
>
> Why the weird syntax, something like \periods[n=10,symbol=!] would fit better.

ok, i'll make a nice one then

Hans



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  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-06 19:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-06 17:42 Fabrice Couvreur
2015-03-06 19:01 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-03-06 19:02 ` Hans Hagen
2015-03-06 19:18   ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-03-06 19:30     ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2015-03-07  8:48       ` Fabrice

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