From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/54479 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Pstricks and Asymptote Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:22:04 +0100 Message-ID: <4B02DBBC.6010404@wxs.nl> References: <6faad9f00911170857p2903203fr87d382bda1304701@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 1258478572 15058 80.91.229.12 (17 Nov 2009 17:22:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:22:52 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Nov 17 18:22:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NARlM-0007AP-W7 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:22:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12A58C9B80; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:20:17 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id WhOaoTAlQdla; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:20:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1196FC9BA3; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82DF2C9BA3 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:46 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id BJERnJcxLcMk for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C04C9B80 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:42 +0100 (CET) X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.100; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-9 (SurgeMail 4.2a3) with ESMTP id 4500-1713362 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:21:23 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: <6faad9f00911170857p2903203fr87d382bda1304701@mail.gmail.com> X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:54479 Archived-At: Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 15:12, curiouslearn wrote: >> The reason I am asking is that eventually all the new Context features will be >> in MKIV. I want to know what graphics packages I can use with it other than >> Metapost. > > Answering that question alone: I would go with TikZ. You are free to > use Asymptote whenever other packages don't satisfy your needs. A > quick-and-dirty(-and-not-too-fast) support can be implemented easily. als, even if tikz might have problems with mkiv now (probaly only special colors) it has always been shippd with proper context support which is important as aditya pointed out, asymptote has some hard wired assumptions and does not integrate well with context Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________