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<cd:command category="rules" file="pack-mrl.mkiv" interfacedate="2020-06-19T13:41" interfacefile="i-thinrule.xml" level="document" name="thinrule" variantnumber="1"></cd:command>
</cd:variants>
<cd:description><tt>\thinrule</tt>s are very similar to {{cmd|hairline}}s in that
they provide means handle TeX's primitives <tt>\hrule</tt> and <tt>\vrule</tt>
conveniently, or -- as the ConTeXt [[source:pack-rul.mkiv|source]] puts it --
“free us from some specifications”.
The <tt>\thinrule</tt> command draws a rule on the ''current'' baseline, whereas
an <tt>\hairline</tt> does exactly the same except that it ''creates a new paragraph''
for the rule alone. To the extent that the outcome of <tt>\hairline</tt> might
depend on your paragraph settings and that they will always span the whole surrounding
box horizontally, while <tt>\thinrule</tt>s stay subordinate to the paragraph they
occur inside.
The rule can be configured using {{cmd|setupthinrules}}, but only horizontal options apply. </cd:description>
<cd:examples><cd:example title="">The following example demonstrates the behaviour of <tt>\thinrule</tt> versus <tt>\hairline</tt> (MkII and MkIV).
\stoptext
</context>
</cd:example><cd:example title=""><context source="yes">\setupthinrules[color=green] {\framed[width=5cm,align=left,frame=off]{% I have elsewhere explained, \thinrule though it is a thing perhaps not yet well understood by all; that the very substance of things, consists in the power of acting and being acted upon. \thinrule}}</context></cd:example></cd:examples>
<cd:notes></cd:notes>
<cd:seealso>
<cd:commandref name="hairline"></cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="fillinrules">for rules for multiple-line answers.</cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="filinlinesfillinline">for a 'write your answer here' rule at the end of the current line</cd:commandref><cd:commandref name="setupthinrules">for configuration</cd:commandref><cd:commandref name="thinrules"></cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
</cd:commandgroup>
