Re: Re: MP Graph

["Adam Lindsay" <atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk>]

Hi Hans.

I believe Hans Hagen said this around Wed, 30 Oct 2002:

>Maybe something has changed to graph.mp (esp the trigger for reloading it),
>
>in mp-form add a line at the top:
>
>   boolean mant_font ; mant_font := true ;
>
>this will prevent loading form.mp (which is replaced by a sligthly extended 
>version mp-form) and therefore loading of texnum

I did that as instructed, (and remade metafun (oops, didn't do that at
first) in the right place (oops again)), and it was successful.

Thanks! That solves the big issue.

It'll take me a bit longer to figure out how to use init_numbers so that
I can have the axis numbering be in the font I want (expecially because
it depends on the math font). My initial experiment with the following
ugly hack didn't work:

 init_numbers(btex$-$etex, btex{\ss 1}etex, btex${\times}${\ss 10}etex,
  btex${}^-$etex, btex${}^2$etex);

>Also in your graphic: use the simpler \startMPcode ... \stopMPcode and not 
>the low level macros; also saves keying.

Ah, right. I had only skimmed through the metafun docs, and didn't notice
that simpler approach while I was reading chapter 3: Embedded graphics.
Keying isn't a big concern as I'm planning on wrapping those calls into
macros of some sort, but it helps to use the "right" command.

>if you have the *.d files and m-graph.tex on the same path, you can run
>
>   texexec --mode=demo --pdf m-graph
>
>to get a test file

Yup. That's how I got started.
And if other people want to find those *.d files, take a look in:
 texmf/doc/metapost/base/


Many thanks,
adam

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