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
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