From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/50032 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: How can I compare picture variables in metapost? Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 14:51:54 +0200 Message-ID: <4A00366A.1040907@elvenkind.com> References: <769ba7780905050527o4f42f9acod279bcce641189c@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241527995 19637 80.91.229.12 (5 May 2009 12:53:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 12:53:15 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 05 14:53:05 2009 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 1M1K8k-0002fH-5o for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 May 2009 14:52:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D8531FD16; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:53 +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 23824-02; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F6F1FCCA; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33461FCCA for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:13 +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 29354-01 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAD51FC6F for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.37]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n45Cq4pY003512 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:05 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.178.26] (boo.demon.nl [82.161.175.147]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n45Cps3p072633 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 14:52:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from taco@elvenkind.com) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090114) In-Reply-To: <769ba7780905050527o4f42f9acod279bcce641189c@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=194.109.24.37; country=NL; region=07; city=Amsterdam; latitude=52.3500; longitude=4.9167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.3500,4.9167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 219560464 - 2b22aa0eec47 - 20090505 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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:50032 Archived-At: Zhichu Chen wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to draw some paths that won't intersect with each other > in metapost. Those paths are generated "randomly," e.g., draw > 100 circles without any intersections. I use a very stupid > way like: I am probably missing something, because the fastest way to draw 100 non-intersecting paths is just by having them in a grid. You don't seem to want that, so: what do you want, exactly? (be warned that "marble fill" is pretty hard). 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________