From: Richard Stephens <richard.stephens@converteam.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Multi-line labels in MetaPost MKIV
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:08:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimdHGqEeU5u_wfCBxsUJkRRwUACM2vT4Xik--OD@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
>>>> What is the recommended method for creating multi-line labels in MetaPost
>>>> in MKIV, please?
>>>> I have the following code:
>>>>
>>>> \definetextext[mplabel]{\framed[frame=off,align=middle]}
>>>> \starttext
>>>> \startMPpage
>>>> input mp-tool;
>>>>
>>>> draw fullcircle scaled 5cm;
>>>> label(\sometxt[mplabel]{One\\Two}, (0,0));
>>>> \stopMPpage
>>>> \stoptext
>>>>
>>>> which gives a line feed between One and Two using MKII, but no line feed
>>>> in MKIV.
>>>>
>>>
>>> \defineframed[mplabel][frame=off,align=middle]
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \startMPpage
>>> draw fullcircle scaled 5cm ;
>>> label(textext("\mplabel{One\\Two}"),origin)) ;
>>> \stopMPpage
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> Wolfgang
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, but I still don't get a line feed! I am using
>> ConTeXt from 15-May-2010, has something changed since then?
>
> in pack-rul.mkiv add \unexpanded here:
>
> \unexpanded\def\vboxednewline
> {\endgraf\ignorespaces}
>
> \unexpanded\def\hboxednewline
> {\unskip\normalspace\ignorespaces}
>
> and then remake the format
>
> (it's a side effect of nested framed usage)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
Thanks Hans, that works.
Will this change be added to the next release, or do I have to
re-apply it manually?
Is \sometxt not recommended now? Should I be using textext throughout?
Richard
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-28 14:08 Richard Stephens [this message]
2010-07-28 14:18 ` Hans Hagen
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2010-07-28 8:03 Richard Stephens
2010-07-28 8:10 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2010-07-28 10:22 ` Richard Stephens
2010-07-28 10:39 ` Hans Hagen
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