Re: textrules

["Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

On Oct 20, 2006, at 1:32 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> \textrule[top] does
>
> before
> ----------- (rule)
> inbetween
>
> \textrule[bottom] does
>
> inbetween
> ----------
> after
>
> \textrule with no argumet is equal to \textrule[bottom]
>
> There is a \domiddletextrule that does
>
> inbetween
> ------------
> inbetween
>
> but this is not interfaced with \textrule. It only becomes active
> inside a \starttextrule.
>
> \starttextrule{whatever}
> \input knuth
> \textrule
> \input knuth
> \stoptextrule
>
>
> To use this, you can define your own rule as
>
> \def\midtextrule{\dosinglegroupempty\domiddletextrule}
>
> \setuptextrules[inbetween={\blank[big]}]
>
> And midtextrule will use inbetween on both side.
>
> Hans, does it make sense to add this to core-rul?
>
> \def\complextextrule[#1]%
>    {\processaction
>       [#1]
>       [  \v!top=>\let\next\dotoptextrule,
>          \v!bottom=>\let\next\dobottomtextrule,
>          middle=>\let\next\domiddletextrule, %<------- Added
>        \s!default=>\let\next\dobottomtextrule,
>        \s!unknown=>\let\next\dobottomtextrule]%
>     \dosinglegroupempty\next}
>
>
> Aditya

Aditya,

thanks for this in-depth explanation! One mystery solved! I have now  
tweaked my output so it looks the way it should.

Best

Thomas