From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41181 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: luaTeX and on-the-fly MetaPost compilation Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 09:28:40 +0200 Message-ID: <4837C3A8.4010005@elvenkind.com> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211614212 2853 80.91.229.12 (24 May 2008 07:30:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 07:30:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat May 24 09:30:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JzoDI-00086b-R9 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:30:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 219621FC54; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:30:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26927-02; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:29:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF111FBD0; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:29:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0BF1FBD0 for ; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:29:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26207-03 for ; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:28:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADCE1FBBE for ; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:28:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.10.0.6] (boo.demon.nl [82.161.175.147]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4O7Se4Z093988 for ; Sat, 24 May 2008 09:28:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from taco@elvenkind.com) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070305) In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:41181 Archived-At: Stephan Hennig wrote: > Hi, > > I didn't have the opportunity to touch luaTeX yet, but let me ask one > question in advance: Since luaTeX has a built-in MetaPost interpreter, > is it possible to refer to a certain figure in a MetaPost source file > for inclusion, instead of a compiled figure? > > As an example, I would like to say in a TeX document (syntax may differ) > > \includeMetaPost{foo.2} In principle something like that is possible, but it needs an extension to the current system, because you have to filter out the specific figure you really want, and I don't think Hans has code for that already (but I could be wrong). Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________