Re: Feature request---Lines.

[Jeff Kingston]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:39:22 +0000, Mark Summerfield wrote:
  > 
  > Lout has @FullWidthRule (and @LocalWidthRule). 
  > 
  > But I can't see a straightforward way to do lines with dots, dashes,
  > etc. (I can think of ways of doing it, but none that are nice and
  > easy.) Both these symbols has a linewidth option; would it be possible
  > to have a character option that defaulted to '-' (which signified a pure
  > line), but that offered '=' (a double line), or a character or symbol of
  > the user's choice in which case that symbol would be used?
  > 
  > -- 
  > Mark.

Ahem - am I allowed to say that

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is not a very tasteful thing to put in a document?  It would be easy
to add, but do we really want it?

To get a double rule you could put this in your mydefs file:

    def @DoubleFullWidthRule
    {
        @FullWidthRule
        //0.2c
        @FullWidthRule
    }

To get a line of + signs or whatever you could put this in your
mydefs file:

    def @LineOf right x
    {
       x & @LineOf x
    }

It's similar to the @Leaders symbol used in tables of contents.  I
haven't tested either of these definitions but they are straightforward.

Jeff Kingston