From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: \startuseMPgraphic
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:42:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <570B9BD3.10707@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87835776-211F-4B8A-9730-A49978E25D66@uva.nl>
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> Meer, Hans van der <mailto:H.vanderMeer@uva.nl>
> 11. April 2016 um 10:35
> I seem to remember the following variations in \startuseMPgraphic.
>
> (1) \startuseMPgraphic{name}{comma separated list of variables}
> (2) \startuseMPgraphic{name}{comma separated list of key=value pairs}
> In the second case one is able to set a default value to that
> variable, possibly to be overridden with \useMPgraphic{name}{key=value}.
> I very much would like to specify default values on the
> \startuseMPgraphic definition of the graphic.
>
> However, I cannot get option (2) working. Do I have a bad memory
> (possible of course ;-), Has it to be done otherwise?
> In the example below the graphic myname1 is ok, but myname2 gives the
> following error:
> metapost > error:
> >> orange
> ! Improper type.
> <to be read again>
> ;
> <*> ...raw unitsquare scaled 1cm withcolor orange;
>
> minimal example:
>
> \starttext
> \startuseMPgraphic{myname1}{color}
> pickup pencircle scaled 1mm;
> draw unitsquare scaled 1cm withcolor \MPvar{color};
> \stopuseMPgraphic
>
> \startuseMPgraphic{myname2}{color=red}
> pickup pencircle scaled 1mm;
> draw unitsquare scaled 1cm withcolor \MPvar{color};
> \stopuseMPgraphic
>
> \useMPgraphic{myname1}{color=blue}
> \useMPgraphic{myname2}{color=orange}
>
> \stoptext
\startuseMPgraphic{hans}{color}
pickup pencircle scaled 1mm;
draw unitsquare scaled 1cm withcolor \MPvar{color};
\stopuseMPgraphic
\setupMPvariables[hans][color=red]
\starttext
\useMPgraphic{hans}
\useMPgraphic{hans}{color=blue}
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-11 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-11 8:35 \startuseMPgraphic Meer, Hans van der
2016-04-11 12:42 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
2016-04-11 13:30 ` \startuseMPgraphic Meer, Hans van der
2016-04-11 14:12 ` \startuseMPgraphic Wolfgang Schuster
[not found] <mailman.1.1460368801.12686.ntg-context@ntg.nl>
2016-04-11 13:10 ` \startuseMPgraphic Jeong Dal
2016-04-11 14:17 ` \startuseMPgraphic Alan BRASLAU
2016-04-11 14:38 ` \startuseMPgraphic Meer, Hans van der
2016-04-11 17:16 ` \startuseMPgraphic Aditya Mahajan
2016-04-11 19:50 ` \startuseMPgraphic Meer, Hans van der
2016-04-11 20:27 ` \startuseMPgraphic Wolfgang Schuster
2016-04-11 22:30 ` \startuseMPgraphic Alan BRASLAU
2016-04-11 23:00 ` \startuseMPgraphic Aditya Mahajan
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