Re: Framed paragraph

[Patrick Gundlach <pg@levana.de>]

Guy Worthington <guyw@multiline.com.au> writes:

Hello Guy,

> I think I'm using the wrong tool.  I want a description environment,
> slightly narrower than the main text, and separated from the main text
> by a hairlines. 

I would use the textbackground feature:

\definedescription [Note]
                   [headstyle=\sc,
                    style=small,
                    width=fit,
                    distance=10pt,
                    hang=20,
                    before={\startnarrower\starttextbackground[NoteA]},
                    after={\stoptextbackground\stopnarrower}]

\definetextbackground[NoteA][frame=off,
                             topframe=on, % does not work...
                             location=paragraph]


[...]

How to get top and bottom frame only is left as an exercise to the
reader(*).


(*) Well, I gave up on this. Perhaps we should convince Hans to make
options for this like in \framed: frame=off,topframe=on as above...
I did not feel like hacking TeX *and* metapost.

Almost there:

\startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset}
   path p;
   for i := 1 upto nofmultipars :
     p := multipars[i];
     if multilocs[i] = 1 : % top
       draw topboundary p;
     elseif multilocs [i] = 3 : %bottom
       draw bottomboundary p;
     fi
   endfor ;
\stopuseMPgraphic

(just copy this peace of code into your tex file and you'll see)


We desperately need the issplit boolean there!  :)


Patrick