From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/2887 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marc van Dongen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: mpost: cutbefore/cutafter Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:12:04 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <20001006121204.A10194@cs.ucc.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035393662 12617 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:21:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:21:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: Mailing List Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:2887 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:2887 --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Dear metapost gurus, There is something I don't understand about cutbefore and cutafter. Maybe what I need is in the metafont book which I don't have yet. Anyway, here it goes. Is there any way to tell mpost to cut a curve exactly at the bpath of a boxed thingy? At the moment I am facing the problem that for example a cutafter of an arc goes slightly beyond (what seems to be) the inner boundary of the bpath of a circle. I have attached a picture which demonstrates the effect. In this picture the phenomenon manifests itself with the first three circles at the bottom. The arcs were drawn with a command that drew them from the centres of the circles cutbefore and cutafter the bpaths of the circles. Ideally I would like to have control where to cut the arcs. For example, it would be very nice if it were possible to cut exactly at the outside of where a circle is draw or to cut it exactly at the inside of where a circle is drawn. Is there any way to do this? Any pointers/help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Marc van Dongen -- Marc van Dongen, CS Dept | phone: +353 21 4903578 University College Cork, NUIC | Fax: +353 21 4903113 College Road, Cork, Ireland | Email: dongen@cs.ucc.ie --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: application/pdf Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="example33.pdf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 JVBERi0xLjMKJcfsj6IKNyAwIG9iago8PC9MZW5ndGggOCAwIFIvRmlsdGVyIC9GbGF0ZURl Y29kZT4+CnN0cmVhbQp4nO1aTW9VNxDd319hqRtYYDz+9rKgCqk70uxKN30IUpQsYNO/3zO+ nvF9N2kqHt1wiVo1neF6PHN87DN2cJaM43/Gz9Pd8nn5bKj75Mfpzry6Xl5eJdNsyz4nc/1h Wb/Hf21LObRsQrDZNXN9tzx79fz60+JMcbbmTOb6/fLsZ3a9vEJEIoxInmN4b0tswbwo3gZf Qv/S8Ze/XJu3mOKvpZm/8fPTEkK0xYTszJ38fyu25GiCi9bVbKKvNpRqfM4IFtQ+YZpqU2rq IYxsMWkEtRH9tKiF7HzIRkb7RjZ7r/HFPi2SgXhGfmP8zPy03Cy//Su659AIvD7Y4lLBx8E6 ih3eidAam1yuNmdFhuCwMSgyRKFYFzVzsScy4pHaJYLaY4aJDvLByis45JyzfoIv9gRHPJJy H36e/yX4JML8fbUsRawt40OKT6ZgqdbBG7XGuqfqbSpReZFitJU2xEmOUZnUioVR8RpA7b64 ao2Fl9FCixF+8kbmF4/mNwJss/8WbLbcuY/NZI96xupLfsKOUcCkj1QoHkFAAqitCzw9ff01 wCCHzKDs0RSGZybdx+9ruASl0mx0IZwxyCtKldem5MEgtQYBaibrsleCVGxX3+qGQqUmm8Lk WEnRtskgMfsKizGWX4YKPST4JJBMr19IeiPCNvlvgWZLoPvQTAKpZ6y/5Cf8kAomg6RG8QwI JICYurzq6Muvowc7NL7yRzOQLzTnHmBfwiUgETjskz/jT5gaRlBBEv6oJcpDoWGPTmUiR7a0 DX+QGc7PyTAkHmykGUHsVbvEGgSQ0UIQiT8pJBnML0aGEmGT/7egs6XQfXQmhdQjCjTyU4Ua FUwKSY36xcBAI4g9NUw9nQQaYHBEp1AWaRL6haS9BthVseL0O/SX//0DOLxfYu9jfl20e4jN ErLliseaDM8tPBlgzW/Ik7eZN3612ABqjzUfVvRkfT+M19GR26+WJ6eGfdIcxHO7eJeswz7Q MSnZ6MuMOewx47AkHxkt+e5rXPEQb0vM3LypXDyzcvFIbQC+YMqNrWspHvJoTkmrx5pgyfKG L6s9qxfPrF7HjPo0pthzVvWseUkEyXtfqzBi5QL3tOddqgca+9bpFiPOOhL+aCeQ/M255vBH +2OQv8I6NIvOPaId8773ilRtLBzLR94nt4/tbf9Q6++zzQ34ROSdXep7u/f5GYiDNa73869f hD/ZGfjkRjeyen96/VpPgfOdQgxPv1mYqzeLbxGQ8wmJ8yjW3uN6LDDaKQIUOBED2pyQuDXg XZzULrBDIG5Bh6fCk3tHvkZo6B5K5U5+nQN4ZT4XToyX+Xi47vrDgPXLMUv7+L9erbab1Zk3 h0Ps5ozk3/vF+h61j1DQpYTedqL7t4LvHZf7ndW5XqSCG2HyG73I5GyacpGh6TVmlQuxp1yI R+RiBBC1kBn2anHM+/RmYx23wK/daI8/rOyV45i43exof4QntgfIfpSyLqX4j/Gu+piiVEDB Oamg1Nqsc1UVpTlUEaIqithTUcQjiiIRRFLGFHtFOeQD22aPHba+r91sj7+z7vXkkLDd7Dh/ gPf2B5h+kKou5fcP8SuWB7RkxQFaQkTYX5xqttVRfwPldzGImicb+T0BYhYgJZy7WFNIhqPi RtJcbxD74AZFpP74uYbHriNbcxcSTjQSw9EseX4ejCip4S7H+EAFU0MumUx23raC2ZBbKn4z aw24EBWWL9SKaRu/6/LrJuQr9i4SqPaXd2q2rPqV2iqGkR9Ic7+HAanQ0B3gkEuUgD0QxKzZ MjVqThDx7TWshYpgZCrEs8R+lCTbai82rO/5BYvF/mbzOmtNyNSj1QB+HO1uaUCk4e6ZyOOG GU3DPLjBAWFkQ2mN6rbzkovOsihjnhzaekY1lvXARxU5iDfVFeMYVayP+qsM2cVfjlzi1x9p j/9eay/ZR0Xuv3pnnAx970ScFMHx4dMQwvMF1CMiYZcV/IlH8+z5woHDO6M1btvXGIgG2u4a Eh/csQacXTh6IobhSAoebtdv4onHPT3df5elPT3dX/J0f6y/W7Ch+PEKu1Renv5SyUPoVKSZ sO0D/91TFzo6757Vd88VobfLP9vmQl1lbmRzdHJlYW0KZW5kb2JqCjggMCBvYmoKMTU3NQpl bmRvYmoKMTMgMCBvYmoKPDwvUjEwCjEwIDAgUi9SMTIKMTIgMCBSL1I1CjUgMCBSPj4KZW5k b2JqCjYgMCBvYmoKPDwvVHlwZS9QYWdlL01lZGlhQm94IFswIDAgMTIyIDExOV0KL1BhcmVu dCAzIDAgUgovUmVzb3VyY2VzPDwvUHJvY1NldFsvUERGIC9UZXh0XQovRm9udCAxMyAwIFIK Pj4KL0NvbnRlbnRzIDcgMCBSCj4+CmVuZG9iagozIDAgb2JqCjw8IC9UeXBlIC9QYWdlcyAv S2lkcyBbCjYgMCBSCl0gL0NvdW50IDEKPj4KZW5kb2JqCjEgMCBvYmoKPDwvVHlwZSAvQ2F0 YWxvZyAvUGFnZXMgMyAwIFIKPj4KZW5kb2JqCjEwIDAgb2JqCjw8L1N1YnR5cGUvVHlwZTEv QmFzZUZvbnQvQ291cmllci9UeXBlL0ZvbnQvTmFtZS9SMTA+PgplbmRvYmoKOSAwIG9iago8 PC9UeXBlL0ZvbnREZXNjcmlwdG9yL0ZvbnROYW1lL0NvdXJpZXI+PgplbmRvYmoKMTIgMCBv YmoKPDwvU3VidHlwZS9UeXBlMS9CYXNlRm9udC9UaW1lcy1Sb21hbi9UeXBlL0ZvbnQvTmFt ZS9SMTI+PgplbmRvYmoKMTEgMCBvYmoKPDwvVHlwZS9Gb250RGVzY3JpcHRvci9Gb250TmFt ZS9UaW1lcy1Sb21hbj4+CmVuZG9iago1IDAgb2JqCjw8L1N1YnR5cGUvVHlwZTEvQmFzZUZv bnQvVGltZXMtSXRhbGljL1R5cGUvRm9udC9OYW1lL1I1Pj4KZW5kb2JqCjQgMCBvYmoKPDwv VHlwZS9Gb250RGVzY3JpcHRvci9Gb250TmFtZS9UaW1lcy1JdGFsaWM+PgplbmRvYmoKMiAw IG9iago8PC9Qcm9kdWNlciAoQWxhZGRpbiBHaG9zdHNjcmlwdCA2LjApCj4+ZW5kb2JqCnhy ZWYKMCAxNAowMDAwMDAwMDAwIDY1NTM1IGYgCjAwMDAwMDE5MjQgMDAwMDAgbiAKMDAwMDAw MjM3MyAwMDAwMCBuIAowMDAwMDAxODY1IDAwMDAwIG4gCjAwMDAwMDIzMTEgMDAwMDAgbiAK MDAwMDAwMjIzNyAwMDAwMCBuIAowMDAwMDAxNzMyIDAwMDAwIG4gCjAwMDAwMDAwMTUgMDAw MDAgbiAKMDAwMDAwMTY2MCAwMDAwMCBuIAowMDAwMDAyMDQzIDAwMDAwIG4gCjAwMDAwMDE5 NzIgMDAwMDAgbiAKMDAwMDAwMjE3NSAwMDAwMCBuIAowMDAwMDAyMTAwIDAwMDAwIG4gCjAw MDAwMDE2ODAgMDAwMDAgbiAKdHJhaWxlcgo8PCAvU2l6ZSAxNCAvUm9vdCAxIDAgUiAvSW5m byAyIDAgUgo+PgpzdGFydHhyZWYKMjQyOAolJUVPRgo= --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ--