* [NTG-context] Metapost docs
@ 2024-01-08 0:50 Shiv Shankar Dayal
2024-01-08 9:53 ` [NTG-context] " Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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From: Shiv Shankar Dayal @ 2024-01-08 0:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I see many libraries for Metapost in Context source. Where are these
documented? I see Metafun manual as well, but I do not find all the
included libraries described.
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Shiv Shankar Dayal
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* [NTG-context] Re: Metapost docs
2024-01-08 0:50 [NTG-context] Metapost docs Shiv Shankar Dayal
@ 2024-01-08 9:53 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2024-01-11 6:01 ` shivshankar.dayal
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From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context @ 2024-01-08 9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 1/8/2024 1:50 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
> I see many libraries for Metapost in Context source. Where are these
> documented? I see Metafun manual as well, but I do not find all the
> included libraries described.
i'm not sure what you mean with library ... can you give an example?
Hans
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* [NTG-context] Re: Metapost docs
2024-01-08 9:53 ` [NTG-context] " Hans Hagen via ntg-context
@ 2024-01-11 6:01 ` shivshankar.dayal
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From: shivshankar.dayal @ 2024-01-11 6:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I have files in my installation like 'mp-form.mkiv, mp-chem.mkiv' and so on.
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* [NTG-context] Re: Metapost docs
2024-01-11 6:01 ` shivshankar.dayal
@ 2024-01-11 15:35 ` Gavin via ntg-context
2024-01-11 15:54 ` Shiv Shankar Dayal
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From: Gavin via ntg-context @ 2024-01-11 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi Shiv,
I am working with MetaPost in ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.
- MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
- MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
- The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaFun_-_MetaPost_in_ConTeXt) Other pages in the wiki’s graphics area are also helpful. (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics) Searching the wiki for specific documentation on things like chemical structures is a little hit-or-miss, but often quite useful.
-The mailing list. I have the most luck with very specific questions that include a minimal working example. It should include the appropriate \starttext…\stoptext or \startMPpage…\stopMPpage, so that it can be typeset as-is.
If you want to do 3D, you may want to get Lua involved for calculations. I use
- Programming in LuaTeX page on the wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Programming_in_LuaTeX)
- Programming in Lua, 4th ed.
by Roberto Ierusalimschy (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8590379868)
If you provide an example of what you hope to accomplish with MetaPost, we might have more specific recommendations. Below are two graphs that I made in TikZ, which I hope to convert to MetaPost (actually LMTX). These are from my chapter on elliptical orbits.
I hope that helps you get started.
Gavin
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* [NTG-context] Re: Metapost docs
2024-01-11 15:35 ` Gavin via ntg-context
@ 2024-01-11 15:54 ` Shiv Shankar Dayal
2024-01-11 16:23 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Shiv Shankar Dayal @ 2024-01-11 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Dear Gavin,
I am aware of these resources. My question is about docs of those Metapost
libs which are in the distribution in Metapost directory.
On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 9:12 PM Gavin via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
wrote:
> Hi Shiv,
>
> I am working with MetaPost in ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use,
> roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.
>
> - MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf)
> This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
> - MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf)
> This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
> - The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (
> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaFun_-_MetaPost_in_ConTeXt) Other pages
> in the wiki’s graphics area are also helpful. (
> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics) Searching the wiki for specific
> documentation on things like chemical structures is a little hit-or-miss,
> but often quite useful.
> -The mailing list. I have the most luck with very specific questions that
> include a minimal working example. It should include the appropriate
> \starttext…\stoptext or \startMPpage…\stopMPpage, so that it can be typeset
> as-is.
>
> If you want to do 3D, you may want to get Lua involved for calculations. I
> use
>
> - Programming in LuaTeX page on the wiki (
> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Programming_in_LuaTeX)
> - Programming in Lua, 4th ed.
> by Roberto Ierusalimschy (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8590379868)
>
> If you provide an example of what you hope to accomplish with MetaPost, we
> might have more specific recommendations. Below are two graphs that I made
> in TikZ, which I hope to convert to MetaPost (actually LMTX). These are
> from my chapter on elliptical orbits.
>
> I hope that helps you get started.
>
> Gavin
>
>
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