Re: About graphictext macro (Metafun)

From: Fabrice Couvreur <fabrice1.couvreur@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: About graphictext macro (Metafun)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:09:12 +0200	[thread overview]
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Hi Hans,
I installed pstoedit :

root@debian:/home/fab# dpkg --status pstoedit
Package: pstoedit
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: graphics
Installed-Size: 662
Maintainer: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
Architecture: amd64
Source: pstoedit (3.62-2)
Version: 3.62-2+b3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libpstoedit0c2a, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1),
ghostscript
Suggests: xfig | ivtools-bin | tgif | transfig
Description: PostScript and PDF files to editable vector graphics converter
 pstoedit converts Postscript and PDF files to various editable
 vector graphic formats including tgif, xfig, PDF graphics, gnuplot format,
 idraw, MetaPost, GNU Metafile, PIC, Kontour and flattened PostScript.
Homepage: http://www.pstoedit.net/
root@debian:/home/fab#

I compiled the file as this : "context test.tex" but it is still empty.
Thanks,
Fabrice

\setuppagenumbering[location=]

\setupcolors
  [state=start]

\setMPtext{text}{MATH\'{E}MATIQUES}

\starttext
\startuseMPgraphic{test}
picture pic ;
pic := image(graphictext \MPstring{text}
withdrawcolor red
withpen pencircle scaled 1pt ; ) ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\stoptext

2015-08-27 10:23 GMT+02:00 Fabrice Couvreur <fabrice1.couvreur@gmail.com>:

> Hi Hans,
>
> Do you have pstoedit installed ?
>
>
> root@debian:/home/fab# apt-cache search pstoedit
> libpstoedit0c2a - PostScript to editable vector graphics library (runtime
> files)
> root@debian:/home/fab#
>
> I compile the file test.tex  with  context test.tex
> Fabrice
>
> 2015-08-27 9:39 GMT+02:00 Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:
>
>> On 8/26/2015 7:12 PM, Fabrice Couvreur wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I try to understand how this macro by testing a simple example. Why pdf
>>> file is empty?
>>> This question follows my question Cover page (Metafun)
>>> http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2015/083078.html
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> \setuppagenumbering[location=]
>>>
>>> \setupcolors
>>>    [state=start]
>>>
>>> \setMPtext{text}{MATHEMATIQUES}
>>>
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \startuseMPgraphic{test}
>>> picture pic ;
>>> pic := image(graphictext \MPstring{text}
>>> withdrawcolor red
>>> withpen pencircle scaled 1pt ; ) ;
>>> addto currentpicture also pic ;
>>> \stopuseMPgraphic
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>
>> Do you have pstoedit installed?
>>
>> Anyway, there is a new mechanism that doesn't depend on additional
>> programs:
>>
>> % outlinetext   (text) transformations ;
>> % outlinetext.d (text) (draw options) transformations ;
>> % outlinetext.f (text) (fill options) transformations ;
>> % outlinetext.b (text) (draw options) (fill options) transformations ;
>> % outlinetext.r (text) (fill options) (draw options) transformations ;
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \startMPdefinitions
>>     let graphictext = new_graphictext ;
>> \stopMPdefinitions
>>
>> \startMPpage
>>
>>     draw outlinetext.b
>>         ("\framed[align=normal]{\input{tufte}}")
>>         (withcolor .5white)
>>         (withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 1/10)
>>         xsized 10cm ;
>>
>> \stopMPpage
>>
>> \startMPpage
>>
>>     draw outlinetext.r
>>         ("\framed[align=normal]{\input{tufte}}")
>>         (withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 1/10)
>>         (withcolor .5white)
>>         xsized 10cm ;
>>
>> \stopMPpage
>>
>> \startMPpage
>>
>>     draw outlinetext.d
>>         ("\framed[align=normal]{\input{tufte}}")
>>         (withcolor .5white)
>>         xsized 10cm ;
>>
>> \stopMPpage
>>
>> \startMPpage
>>
>>     picture p ; p := outlinetext.p("PX") ;
>>
>>     for i within p :
>>         draw i withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 1/10 ;
>>     endfor ;
>>
>> \stopMPpage
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>>
>>
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