Scaling mpgraphics

Scaling mpgraphics

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi,

how do I scale my metafun graphics?
I use

\startuseMPgraphic{one}
....
\stopuseMPgraphic

and want to place it with

\placefigure[right]{none}{\useMPgraphic{one}}
Text ....

and I want to scale it to some size. What is the appropriate way? 
\framed[...]{...} did not work (graphic stayed the same size}
Should I put some scaling commands inside the mp graphics and use the 
\MPvar{width/height} variables? Or shall I do something with 
\externalfigure?

-- 
Viele Grüße, 

    Patrick Gundlach

Re: Scaling mpgraphics

[Hans Hagen]

At 11:34 PM 11/7/2001 +0100, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>Hi,
>
>how do I scale my metafun graphics?
>I use
>
>
>\startuseMPgraphic{one}
>....
>\stopuseMPgraphic
>
>and want to place it with
>
>\placefigure[right]{none}{\useMPgraphic{one}}
>Text ....
>
>and I want to scale it to some size. What is the appropriate way?
>\framed[...]{...} did not work (graphic stayed the same size}
>Should I put some scaling commands inside the mp graphics and use the
>\MPvar{width/height} variables? Or shall I do something with
>\externalfigure?

Take your choice:

\scale
   [sx=.5,sy=.3]
   {\startMPcode
      fill fullcircle scaled 10cm ;
    \stopMPcode}

\startbuffer [patrick]
   \startMPcode
     fill fullcircle scaled 10cm ;
   \stopMPcode
\stopbuffer

\externalfigure[patrick][type=buffer,width=2cm]

as you can see any buffer can be scaled so this is a way to scale down a 
table too

Hans
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Re: Scaling mpgraphics

[Patrick Gundlach]

Good afternoon,

> \scale
>    [sx=.5,sy=.3]
>    {\startMPcode
>       fill fullcircle scaled 10cm ;
>     \stopMPcode}

This works fine! Just weren't able to find it in the doc..:)

> \startbuffer [patrick]
>    \startMPcode
>      fill fullcircle scaled 10cm ;
>    \stopMPcode
> \stopbuffer
>
> \externalfigure[patrick][type=buffer,width=2cm]

I forgot about the posibility to put the \startMPcode inside a buffer. I 
thought scaling a buffer was limited to text and regular TeX stuff, but I 
am thinking (once again) too limited.

    Patrick, again amazed.