From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>
To: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: random background picture in metafun
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:23:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F6233BA.3010305@uni-bonn.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F622F88.1080903@wxs.nl>
On 03/15/2012 07:06 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
> Ah, but keep in mind that the random number is stored in the tuc file!
> So, as long as that file is not wiped, you get the same random number
> initialization. Imagine what would happen if we would not do that. So,
> just erase the tuc if you want another seed.
Oops, yes of course, that makes sense - all presentations are generated
from the same xml file, so the tuc never changes! After deleting it, I
get more of the desired randomness - thanks a lot for the pointer!
All best
Thomas
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-13 14:45 Thomas A. Schmitz
2012-03-13 15:58 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-03-13 16:33 ` Peter Rolf
2012-03-13 16:56 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2012-03-13 17:09 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2012-03-13 18:00 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-03-13 18:24 ` Peter Rolf
2012-03-15 9:18 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2012-03-15 18:06 ` Hans Hagen
2012-03-15 18:23 ` Thomas A. Schmitz [this message]
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