[NTG-context] mathmatrix and internal lines

[Otared Kavian]

Hi Hans,

Thanks for your insight!
Indeed I'll wikify what you explained, once I have tested it with the next upload. Would  \HL and \VL be also available in mkiv ?

Best regards: Otared

> On 26 Nov 2020, at 23:23, Hans Hagen <j.hagen at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> On 11/26/2020 8:43 PM, Otared Kavian wrote:
>> Hi Jean-Philippe,
>> A few weeks ago I saw briefly the discussion about Hans' message regarding \noalign and the the new definitions of \HR and \VR that you are sending. Indeed your solution works great !
>> Just for the case other people may have the same question about writing block matrix, I copy below the whole example which can be found later in the mail archive.
>> (For mkiv, I don't know how to do the same thing…).
> 
> The \noaligned permits a \protected definition. Otherwise one has to do something
> 
> \def\VR{\noalign\bgroup
>  <command that picks up [#1]
> 
> that command then does the rule and ends the noalign. Also, that one cannot be \protected (a pitty in case one uses \expanded or so)
> 
> So ... a multistep approach. Plenty of that in mkiv.
> 
>> %%% begin block-matrix.tex
>> % in LMTX defining \HR and \VR to create block matrices:
>> \pushoverloadmode
>> \noaligned\tolerant\protected\def\HR[#1]{\noalign{\hrule #1}}
>> \popoverloadmode
>> \def\VR{\dosingleempty\doVR}
>> \def\doVR[#1]{\NC \hskip-0.5em \vrule #1 \hskip-0.5em \NC}
> 
> given the \HR definition that should be
> 
> \tolerant\protected\def\VR[#1]{\NC ...\NC}
> 
>> \definemathmatrix[mymatrix]
>> 	[left={\left(\,},
>> 	right={\, \right)}]
>> \starttext	
>> \startformula
>> 	\startmymatrix
>> 		\NC A \VR  B \NR
>> 		\HR
>> 		\NC C \VR  D \NR
>> 	\stopmymatrix
>> \stopformula
>> \stoptext
> 
> Anyway, a feature like this should be in sync with other table mechanisms, so
> 
> \definemathmatrix
>  [mymatrix]
>  [left={\left\lparent\thinspace},
>   right={\thinspace\right\rparent}]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \startformula
> 	\startmymatrix
> 		\NC A \VL  B \NR
> 		\HL
> 		\NC C \VL  D \NR
> 	\stopmymatrix
> \stopformula
> 
> \startformula
> 	\startmymatrix
> 		\NC A \VL[3,green]  B \NR
> 		\HL[10,red]
> 		\NC C \VL  D \NR
> 	\stopmymatrix
> \stopformula
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> A bit more code needed but the next upload will have it. Of course you have to wikify it.
> 
> Hans
> 
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