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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Newbie Questions Okay
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:57:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20030815165620.025a9d80@server-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <944BE6E4-CF22-11D7-9AC0-00039347476A@mac.com>

At 08:15 15/08/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>At TUG 2003 you showed us how to use use a color filled fullcircle as a 
>background. Is there a roundedrectangle. I've looked in the METAFun 
>documentation and can find nothing. I would like to make something like 
>the attached pdf and figured MetaFun can do that.

\setupoutput[pdftex]

\startuniqueMPgraphic{rounded}
   path p ; p := OverlayBox smoothed 2pt ;
   fill p
     withcolor OverlayColor ;
   draw p
     withpen pencircle scaled OverlayLineWidth
     withcolor OverlayLineColor ;
\stopuniqueMPgraphic

\defineoverlay[rounded][\uniqueMPgraphic{rounded}]

\setupcolors[state=start]

\starttext

\framed
   [background=rounded,
    frame=off,
    framecolor=green,
    rulethickness=1pt,
    backgroundcolor=red]
   {test me}

\stoptext

>Is it okay to ask newbie questions on the mailing list. I have been 
>reading the list for about 10 days and see almost no newbies. Everyone 
>seems to be very expert.

just go ahead and ask!

Hans
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       reply	other threads:[~2003-08-15 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <944BE6E4-CF22-11D7-9AC0-00039347476A@mac.com>
2003-08-15 14:57 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2003-08-18  9:24   ` Citations using bib-module Martin Moncrieffe
2003-08-18  9:58     ` Taco Hoekwater

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