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From: Alan Stone <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: MP newbie question
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:02:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <326847810905182302v15687c92q33c507abf968909a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <326847810905181145p77ce2388q1d4500bbb55c09f7@mail.gmail.com>


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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Alan Stone
<software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> How do you make this work ?
>
> --- mpframed.tex ---
>
> %\def\myFrameAlternative{line}
> %\def\myFrameAlternative{dashes}
> \def\myFrameAlternative{dots}
>

The MetaPost User Manual brought the answer...

 %\def\myFrameAlternative{"line"}
%\def\myFrameAlternative{"dashes"}
\def\myFrameAlternative{"dots"}


>  \startuniqueMPgraphic{name}
>
> path p ;
>
> p := unitsquare xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight ;
>  show (\myFrameAlternative) ;
>
> if \myFrameAlternative = dashes :
>

if \myFrameAlternative = "dashes" :

Alan


>  % if (\myFrameAlternative) = dashes :
> draw p dashed evenly scaled 2 ;
> % elseif (\myFrameAlternative) = dots :
> elseif \myFrameAlternative = dots :
> draw p dashed withdots scaled 2 ;
> else :
> draw p ;
> fi ;
>  \stopuniqueMPgraphic
>
> \defineoverlay[myGraphic][\uniqueMPgraphic{name}]
>
> \starttext
>
> \framed[%
> offset=5mm,
> background=myGraphic,
> frame=off]
> {mp framed}
>
> \stoptext
>
> ---
>
> context.cmd mpframed
>
> --
> Alan
>

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-19  6:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-18 18:45 Alan Stone
2009-05-18 19:58 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-05-19  6:02 ` Alan Stone [this message]

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