Re: is it possible to do double underlining?

[Mark Summerfield]

On 2008-05-16, Jeff Kingston wrote:
> > it would be nice to have @LineUnder ... and @LineOver ...
> > and that these could be made out of code similar to @Box?
>
> Sure, but
>
> * There would not be the guarantee that the options chosen
>   work well with the font, as there is now with @Underline
>
> * These kinds of underlines would not allow the text above
>   them to break over more than one line, nor allow its
>   spaces to expand as part of line breaking, as @Underline
>   allows now.
>
> That's why I called this kind of thing a hack.  You can
> use the @Diag package now to draw a double underline.

Yes, quite right---I often forget that @Diag can be used to create tiny
inline images, which is ironic since I did one only the other day.

Thanks!

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Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu