From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14403 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Arnold Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Here's a strange one for Metapost gurus Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 09:32:48 -0800 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20040104093248.0098e100@mail.northcoast.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20040103184146.00989920@mail.northcoast.com> <3.0.5.32.20040103184146.00989920@mail.northcoast.com> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073241219 28213 80.91.224.253 (4 Jan 2004 18:33:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:33:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Sun Jan 04 19:33:36 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AdD4C-0001I9-00 for ; Sun, 04 Jan 2004 19:33:36 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681B310B3E; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 19:33:08 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from smtp.inreach.com (smtp.inreach.com [209.142.2.34]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E3FE10B3C for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 19:32:05 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (qmail 8593 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2004 18:32:28 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO newmicronpc) (209.209.15.183) by smtp.inreach.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2004 18:32:28 -0000 X-Sender: darnold@mail.northcoast.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: Original-References: <3.0.5.32.20040103184146.00989920@mail.northcoast.com> <3.0.5.32.20040103184146.00989920@mail.northcoast.com> Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14403 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14403 Hartmut, Good eyes! Exactly right, or should I say xright? Thanks. At 05:08 PM 1/4/04 +0100, you wrote: >Hi David, > >it happens already in figure 6! By writing > >path left; >... >path right; > >you have redefined internal things "left" and "right". With e. g. > > %draw spring block left > path xleft; > xleft:=(2,9)--(3,9)--(3,11)--(2,11)--cycle; > xleft:=xleft scaled u; > stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) > xleft withcolor white; > draw (3u,9u)--(3u,11u); > > %draw spring block right > path xright; > xright:=(17,9)--(18,9)--(18,11)--(17,11)--cycle; > xright:=xright scaled u; > stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) > xright withcolor white; > draw (17u,9u)--(17u,11u); > >it works. > >Regards, Hartmut > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Hartmut Henkel, Oftersheim, Germany >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context@ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >