Re: developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source

[David Arnold <dwarnold45@cox.net>]

Do you have one metapost file with many figures in it? Is it possible  
to just compile for the figurein that file that   you want? Is there  
a command that will compile then show the result?

On Dec 24, 2005, at 1:17 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> David Arnold wrote:
>> I am open to any suggestions on how to most efficiently develop  
>> and  include figures (in Metapost, of course) in our main document.
>
> Well, if you do not depend on metafun -- context interaction, then
> I would just create a metapost input file per chapter, and compile
> it with mpost off-line (it they are complicated, even pre-run mptopdf
> to save time during the inclusion phase).
>
> Then include the image in the document just like I would a 'normal'
> external figure or even table). I have a separate per-chapter  
> directory
> for that to avoid clutter. It is not most high-tech solution, but I
> find it quite workable.
>
> So, my tree structure usually looks like this:
>
>    ./book.tex
>    ./style.tex
>    ./chapter1.tex % those are components
>    ./chapter2.tex
>    ...
>    ./chapter1/figure.mp
>    ./chapter1/figure.1
>    ./chapter1/figure.2
>    ./chapter1/whatever.png
>    ./chapter1/table-1.tex
>
> Cheers,
>
> Taco
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