At 12:50 PM 1/26/2002 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>hi all
>
>i'm trying to place a rule under my page header with the latest stable
>release, and it's not quite working for me.
>
>
>
>i want this on my facing pages:
>
> 2 chapter section 3
> ----------------------- -----------------------
>
>
>but i get this instead:
>
> 2 chapter section 3
>----------------------- -----------------------
>
>
>on page 2, the rule is butted up to the cutmarks on the left side
>of the page. on page 3, it extends just past the cutmark and off
>the left side of the page
...
>i'm pretty new to TeX in general, but i think i've traced this to
>doplacelayouttextline in page-txt.tex, and i don't see any obvious
>problems... am i missing something here?
right, you traced back to the right macro! but before and after were never
supposed to be used for rules, just for fills and so; what you see in
action is an interference with the way teh line is build. Now after and
before work on the whole line; I can probably add some hooks per text, and
actually i've played with that, but we will run into complicated (and hard
to explain) situations with regards to empty/high/stop situations; this is
why the best way is use backgrounds for rules (see earlier mail); i can add
before/after hooks for situations where there is content (this would permit
quick and dirty styles).
\setupbackgrounds[text][text][...]
Hans
PS. Some limitations originate in the time when hash tables were small;
every key added to a text area results in 25 new hash entries, so this is
why at the moment some settings are not on a per areas basis
Hans
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