Re: Offtopic: TeX in MetaPost?

["Michal Kvasnička" <quasar@econ.muni.cz>]

Good afternoon.

Many  thanks for your answer. I'll try to learn from Metafun macros. 
(Well, I'll try -- but Mr. Hagen macros are usually too clever for my 
stupid brain.)

As for the PSTricks, I used them some years ago -- before I found 
MetaPost. I like MetaPost because:
1) the TeX code and figures are in separate files and are compiled 
separately -- it makes work much faster and reusing code is easier
2) MetaPost allows me calculate figures easily -- most my figures are 
economic graphs -- most of them is not drawn, but calculated (they are 
not data charts)
3) MetaPost is well intergrated with ConTeXt, so I have to use it anyway 
-- I can forget PSTricks and clear my brain :-)

Yours
Michal Kvasnicka


>Before you reinvent round objects called wheels please look over
>the additional facilities provided by Pstricks, which can be run using
>Context and the approproiate module.m-pstric.tex. Instructions
>are embedded in the module. It may well be that the kind of
>diagrams you are seeking to create in Metapost are already
>available via Pstricks. There is a very readable Pstricks manual and a
>supplement. 
>
>How do Pstricks and Metapost differ? Well Pstricks is a higher
>level language, aimed at creating specific things like x/y
>charts, tree diagrams and so on. Matrapost is a lower level, more
>generalized facility. Most tasks can be done in either. Common
>cases will be more easily handled in Pstricks. More unusual
>situations will require the more general power of Metapost. 
>
>John Culleton
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