Using \startuseMPgraphic inside a textext() in METAPOST?

Using \startuseMPgraphic inside a textext() in METAPOST?

[Gerben Wierda]

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I am in METAPOST which is inside TeX and I’d like (in METAPOST, not in TeX) to let a string follow a path. Adapting from the MetaFun manual around page 250, I tried this:

\starttext

\startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
pic p;
p := textext("\startuseMPgraphic[instance=doublefun]{followtokens}path RotPath ; RotPath := fullcircle ;\stopuseMPgraphic\followtokens{I am creating a line of text here}");
draw pic;
\stopMPpage

\stoptext

But that does not work. Is there a way I can from within my METAPOST code get  string (TeX code) to follow a path I have? In my case, I cannot escape outside the \startMPpage- -\stopMPpage environment, as the actual path is constructed there and the text following the path should be on that page.

G

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Re: Using \startuseMPgraphic inside a textext() in METAPOST?

[Hans Hagen]

On 4/27/2020 10:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> I am in METAPOST which is inside TeX and I’d like (in METAPOST, not in 
> TeX) to let a string follow a path. Adapting from the MetaFun manual 
> around page 250, I tried this:
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
> pic p;
> p := textext("\startuseMPgraphic[instance=doublefun]{followtokens}path 
> RotPath ; RotPath := fullcircle ;\stopuseMPgraphic\followtokens{I am 
> creating a line of text here}");
> draw pic;
> \stopMPpage
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> But that does not work. Is there a way I can from within my METAPOST 
> code get  string (TeX code) to follow a path I have? In my case, I 
> cannot escape outside the \startMPpage- -\stopMPpage environment, as the 
> actual path is constructed there and the text following the path should 
> be on that page.
search for lmt_followtext in the luametafun manual

Hans

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