From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24722 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Arnold Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:10:57 -0800 Message-ID: <1ED3A921-3CB2-4201-9D57-4F37A5BBC23B@cox.net> References: <2F1ECAB6-F02B-46C8-BC39-76F1B4F5AE2F@cox.net> <43AD1225.9030509@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135455249 13166 80.91.229.2 (24 Dec 2005 20:14:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:14:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Dec 24 21:14:08 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqFmJ-0004N1-I7 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:14:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CB3127BD; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:14:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30823-01; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:14:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB933127B1; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:12:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40B4F127B1 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:12:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30269-06 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:12:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (fed1rmmtao12.cox.net [68.230.241.27]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD53127B0 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:12:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.2] (really [70.191.56.23]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051224201005.TFUX17437.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@[10.0.1.2]> for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:10:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <43AD1225.9030509@elvenkind.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:24722 Archived-At: 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 > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context