From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60012 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Metapost: union test of two paths Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:36:13 +0200 Message-ID: <4C2F3CCD.6060807@elvenkind.com> References: <20100702190137.35aeab6b@vorbis> <4C2EEED4.1010300@elvenkind.com> <201007031233.31968.alan.braslau@cea.fr> 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: dough.gmane.org 1278164239 18141 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2010 13:37:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 13:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Marco To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jul 03 15:37:18 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OV2uD-0000OB-NV for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:37:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8406EC9ADD; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:37:17 +0200 (CEST) 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 5tXSCuvKomfK; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:37:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8601C9AE6; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:37:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C504CC9AE6 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:37:12 +0200 (CEST) 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 PCzOJUM4bhCc for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:37:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2D3C9ADD for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:37:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from boo.fritz.box (boo.demon.nl [83.163.247.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o63DaPNa076846; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:36:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from taco@elvenkind.com) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100614 Mandriva/3.0.4-11mdv2010.1 (2010.1) Thunderbird/3.0.4 In-Reply-To: <201007031233.31968.alan.braslau@cea.fr> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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:60012 Archived-At: On 07/03/2010 12:33 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > > So, in a Cartesian space, if the energy cost of a kink is low, than >> path p; p := origin--(100,100)--cycle; > should be a straight line running back on itself. > Indeed, this is what metapost produces. > > Now try p := origin..(100,100)..cycle; The .. operator makes the cost of a kink infinity. 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________