On Tue, Sep 14, 2010, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > > > The only hitch I've encountered is that if the sentence spacing is > > greater than the groff default, the underline gets broken between > > sentences. > > Yes, also if you switch to, e.g., bold while in underline mode. > In fact, in anything which isn't printed with a single "show" > (or one of its variants) the underline gets broken. I think > it works surprisingly well for being such a simple solution, > but I'm sure I can improve it without too much effort, and > also make it a bit more configurable (line thickness etc.).
With the supplied bit of postscript, it's easy enough to write a macro that takes the desired thickness and distance from the baseline as arguments. For my purposes, the sentence space issue can be resolved by setting the sentence space to the default before underlining, and restoring it afterwards. As to changing fonts while underlining, it's hard to imagine a situation in which it's likely to happen. Underlining should at best be an occasional effect, IMHO. Still, one likes to have solutions that cover every possibility. -- Peter Schaffter Author of The Binbrook Caucus http://www.schaffter.ca
