Re: double underbars

[Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

Ok, so I will see. But, if even you gave up, I should better hope that someone else hears our desperate cries ;)

Denis

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Taco Hoekwater <taco@bittext.nl>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. November 2021 14:52
> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Cc: Maier, Denis Christian (UB) <denis.maier@unibe.ch>
> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] double underbars
> 
> 
> 
> > On 30 Nov 2021, at 14:38, Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg-
> context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Taco. Good to know. Although it's not what I wanted to hear, of
> course...
> >
> > I was thinking using mp to draw the combination could be solution, but
> unfortunately I don't know metafun yet.
> >
> > If my understanding of https://source.contextgarden.net/node-rul.mkiv is
> correct, it should be possible to build upon the defintion of rules:under:dots
> (l. 327) Any hints how I could get this started?
> 
> Yes, that is the right part to get started with. You could just copy the whole
> \startuseMPgraphic and rename it for editing (to let’s say
> rules:under:bardots), then do
> 
>   \definebar[underbardot]    [undergraphic][mp=rules:under:bardots]
> 
> and play with the mp until you are happy with the output.
> 
> But the problem is that you have to create an “underbardot" that contains
> both the bar and the dots, to fix the non-nesting problem. It is then quite
> hard to get that definition to align properly with any enclosing “underbar” (I
> tried something like that a while ago and basically gave up. I did not want to
> spend a whole of time on it so I just told the client “computer says no").
> 
> 
> > Another question: what do you mean with a dy-shift version?
> 
> Nested bars have a parameter ‘dy’ which controls the vertical shifts needed
> to make sure that they do not overlap. Text backgrounds do not have that
> option at all.
> 
> >
> > Best,
> > Denis
> >
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: Taco Hoekwater <taco@bittext.nl>
> >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. November 2021 14:19
> >> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> >> Cc: Maier, Denis Christian (UB) <denis.maier@unibe.ch>
> >> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] double underbars
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 30 Nov 2021, at 12:06, Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg-
> >> context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> for a current project I’ll need different variants of underbars.
> >>>
> >>> - A normal underbar
> >>> - A dotted underbar
> >>> - A combination of both
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to combine them? I was hoping to have the dotted
> >>> variant
> >> above the normal bar.
> >>
> >> I would like to have this type of “complete” bar nesting as well.
> >>
> >> As it stands, you can nest \underbars inside \underbars and
> >> \overstrikes inside \overstrikes and \overbars inside \overbars, but
> >> no other combinations work. Interoperability between these (as well
> >> as \underdot, \underdash, \underrandom ...) would be really cool.
> >>
> >> Either with \xxxxbar or a nestable dy-shift version of
> >> textbackgrounds would be really handy sometimes. :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> This is not working
> >>>
> >>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> >>> \starttext
> >>>
> >>> \underbar{asdf}
> >>>
> >>> \underdot{asdf}
> >>>
> >>> \underbar{\underdot{asdf}}
> >>>
> >>> \stoptext
> >>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Denis
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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