Date: 12 Feb 86 14:21 EST From: Harry Bovik (C410HB00) To: Harry.Bovik@A.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Lines over words Message-Id: <12Feb86.142148.HB00@A.CS.CMU.EDU> 11-Feb-86 00:20 Marco.Annaratone line above words From: Marco.Annaratone@VLSI.CS.CMU.EDU I want to be able to put a line ABOVE a word. It should also understand that the word has capital letters and therefore move the line up a little more. I am tired of writing ugly things like "clockbar", "selbar" and "DATAbar". I want to write _____ ___ ____ clock, sel, DATA, etc. All the solutions I came up with work fine, but the words after the one negated (until the end of the line) are printed somewhat lower. Any hint? 11-Feb-86 10:04 Michael E. Fryd Solution: Lines over words From: Michael E. Fryd If you want to put a bar over text put the following textform at the begining of your mss file: @textForm(OL = "@begin(transparent,matharea)@mathbar @parm(text)@end(matharea)") You can then use the OL command to place a line over seleced text. Example of how to place an @OL(overline) over text. 11-Feb-86 14:32 Oswald Wyler@A.CS.CMU.EDU Overline all My macro, well tested, is a bit more elaborate, but it works in all environments, including @mathdisplay. @textform[ox "@begin(transparent,matharea,spacing 1.2em,scriptpush off) @mathbar @parm(text)@markbaseline @end(transparent)"] Incidentally, this should replace the @overlinecap textform as defined by Unilogic, which does not work well on the Dover.