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 <t...@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.ma...@unibe.ch> > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] double underbars > > > > > On 30 Nov 2021, at 14:38, Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg- > cont...@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 <t...@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.ma...@unibe.ch> > >> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] double underbars > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 30 Nov 2021, at 12:06, Denis Maier via ntg-context <ntg- > >> cont...@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 > >>> > >>> > >> > __________________________________________________________ > >> ____________ > >>> _____________ 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://context.aanhet.net > >>> archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > >>> wiki : http://contextgarden.net > >>> > >> > __________________________________________________________ > >> ____________ > >>> _____________ > >> > >> — > >> Taco Hoekwater E: t...@bittext.nl > >> genderfluid (all pronouns) > >> > >> > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > > _____________ 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://context.aanhet.net > > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > > _____________ > > — > Taco Hoekwater E: t...@bittext.nl > genderfluid (all pronouns) > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
