From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60230 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bowen Alan C. Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: meta post query (MK2) re underlining Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:20:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4C40C124.5050106@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279362077 14560 80.91.229.12 (17 Jul 2010 10:21:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:21:17 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jul 17 12:21:13 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oa4W8-00089e-K3 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 182BDC9AE3; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:11 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id sR85jUGpHtTi; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71925C9AFD; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 040BDC9AFD for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id IM4DAqu-yuI4 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from vms173015pub.verizon.net (vms173015pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.15]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC23DC9AE3 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:21:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from new-host-2.home ([unknown] [98.110.125.100]) by vms173015.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0L5P005BS62PIJ30@vms173015.mailsrvcs.net> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:20:50 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <4C40C124.5050106@wxs.nl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60230 Archived-At: Many thanks, Hans. That looks much better now. Alan On Jul 16, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 16-7-2010 5:00, Bowen Alan C. wrote: >> I have been using >> >> \definetextbackground[underline] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] >> >> for underlining in my documents and >> >> \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} >> \iftracepositions show_multi_pars \else draw_multi_pars \fi ; >> path p ; p := boundingbox currentpicture ; >> currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-StrutDepth/2) ; >> setbounds currentpicture to p ; >> \stopuseMPgraphic >> >> to control the depth of the underlining. >> >> Unfortunately, this underlining is still sometimes too far beneath the word underlined. I had thought the problem is the -StrutDepth/2. But even if I change it to an absolute value, the underlines to not appear at the same distance even when the word. >> >> Try this test file: >> >> \definetextbackground[underline] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] >> >> \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} >> \iftracepositions show_multi_pars \else draw_multi_pars \fi ; >> path p ; p := boundingbox currentpicture ; >> currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-.50) ; >> setbounds currentpicture to p ; >> \stopuseMPgraphic >> >> \starttext >> >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. >> >> \stoptext >> >> What I need is underlining that occurs at a fixed/constant distance below the words underlined (allowing for descenders, of course, when they are present). >> >> Any suggestions? > > > just use \underbar(s) > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________