From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Using frames with metapost background in metapost
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:39:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B4B0DE4.8030408@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1001102100180.9642@ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva>
On 11-1-2010 3:07, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> \startmode[error]
> \defineoverlay[MP:background]
> [\useMPgraphic{MP:backgound}]
>
> \startuseMPgraphic{MP:backgound}
> draw OverlayBox randomized 9pt withcolor blue;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
> \stopmode
>
> \defineframed[boxframed][frame=on,background=MP:background]
>
> % A frame defined with \defineframe does not work
> % inside Metapost, so I prevent expansion.
>
> \unexpanded\def\boxed#1{\boxframed{#1}}
ok, i'll make 'm unexpandable in the core
> \starttext
>
> \boxed{Boxed in text}
>
> \startMPcode
> draw textext("\boxed{boxed in metapost}") ;
> %draw textext("\boxframed{boxed in metapost}") ;
> \stopMPcode
>
> \stoptext
\starttext
\startMPcode
picture p ; p := textext("boxed in metapost") ;
draw p ;
draw (boundingbox p) randomized 9pt withcolor blue;
\stopMPcode
\stoptext
for more complex cases use image as in
picture p ; p := image (
draw this;
drae that;
) ;
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2010-01-11 2:07 Aditya Mahajan
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2010-01-12 0:28 ` Aditya Mahajan
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