When I use the code given, it compiles and displays fine. But when I try replacing \everypar with \EveryPar, it halts during compiling with this complaint: "A number should have been here; I inserted '0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look up 'weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1 " On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 09:58:11 PM MDT, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Max Chernoff via ntg-context schrieb am 11.10.2022 um 00:57: > Hi Joel, > > On Mon, 2022-10-10 at 12:46 +0000, Joel wrote: >>  Hello Max, >> It is preferred if the solution is just three lines per paragraph, >> rather than some content parallel to the text > A Lua callback solution: > > [...] > > An \everypar solution: > >    \appendtoks% >        \vbox to 0pt{% >            \dorecurse{3}{% >                \rlap{% >                    \hskip\dimexpr\hsize+1em% >                    \vrule height 0.4pt width 3cm% >                    \relax% >                }% >            }% >        }% >    \to\everypar You can use the \EveryPar register but \everypar is off limits. Wolfgang