Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2008-02-22 10:56 +0100: > > Is there an recommended way to create a background in an alternate > > color for a certain block of text? > > First, you have to draw a coloured rectangle, then you must type the > text. To get the dimensions of the text block, store the text in a > diversion, get its height and width, then insert the diversion.
I'm wondering if as starting point, I could copy the ms B1/B2 macros and modify those? Or is it the case that those are just drawing lines/borders instead of drawing an actual rectangle (sorry, I ask because I don't know if there is a distinction in groff between drawing a box and drawing a rectangle). > > So I'm wondering if I might be able to achieve a similar effect in > > the PS output from DocBook-generated man pages. > > Well, in case the text blocks are marked as such, this is doable. But > there is no standard way to do so in man pages. However, the next > groff release will propagate the `.EX/.EE' block for examples in man > pages (this is in an-ext.tmac). You could redefine them accordingly. OK, thanks --Mike -- Michael(tm) Smith http://people.w3.org/mike/ http://sideshowbarker.net/
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