Re: Mathematical MetaFun Mania

[Gavin via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

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Hi Hans and List,

>> 2) Can I tell \connectboxanchors to use my MetaPost code and pass key=value pairs like I do with \setMPpositiongraphic?
> see attached ... the 'cross pages' feature is in the upcoming

This indeed passes key=value pairs, but I cannot get it to pass mine. Is there some intermediate step? Your example has a key=value pair in \connectboxanchors and which is accessed in the MetaPost code. The pair, and MetaPost code are:

  rulethickness=1pt
  mpvard “rulethickness"

However, if I change the pair and MPcode to (see attached example for full code)

  myrulethickness=1pt
  mpvard “myrulethickness"

it doesn’t work. Similarly, you have a pair and MPcode that don’t match.

  rulecolor=darkgreen
  mpvars "linecolor"

This may be a historical fluke, but it suggests that there is some intermediate translation that I am missing. Any way I can name and pass by own key=value pairs?

Thanks!
Gavin


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% !TEX useAlternatePath
% !TEX useConTeXtSyncParser

\continuewhenlmtxmode

\usemodule[article-basic]

\starttext

\startMPpositiongraphic{mypos:boxanchor:top}
    begingroup ;
        save f, t, p ; pair f, t ; path p ;
        f := positionxy(mpvars("from")) ;
        t := positionxy(mpvars("to")) ;
        p := f { up } .. t ;
        drawarrow p
            withpen pencircle scaled mpvard "rulethickness"
            withcolor mpvars "linecolor" ; % historically different names
        positioninregion ;
    endgroup ;
\stopMPpositiongraphic

\startMPpositiongraphic{mypos:boxanchor:bottom}
    begingroup ;
        save f, t, p ; pair f, t ; path p ;
        f := positionxy(mpvars("from")) ;
        t := positionxy(mpvars("to")) ;
        p := f { down } .. t ;
        drawarrow p
            withpen pencircle scaled mpvard "myrulethickness"
            withcolor mpvars "linecolor" ; % historically different names
        positioninregion ;
    endgroup ;
\stopMPpositiongraphic

\startboxanchoring[+]
\connectboxanchors[top]    [top]    [distance=1ex,rulethickness=1pt,rulecolor=darkgreen,mp=mypos:boxanchor:top]    {c1}{c2}
\connectboxanchors[bottom] [bottom] [distance=1ex,myrulethickness=1pt,rulecolor=darkred,  mp=mypos:boxanchor:bottom] {c2}{c3}
\startformula
    \mathboxanchored[nucleus]{c1}{e}_{\alpha}
    \mathboxanchored[nucleus]{c2}{e}^{\mu}
    \mathboxanchored[nucleus]{c3}{e}_{\dot{\beta}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}
    \sigma_{\alpha\dot{\beta}}^{\mu}
\stopformula
\stopboxanchoring

\stoptext

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