From: luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Standalone MetaPost Graphics from ConTeXt
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:13:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG5iGsAy5ypKSWh7on9iTX1=QwcGy0OutrUiNSC7egm8OpFzUA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFP+xF+=DyGCQeDE-W=M3QogjLaPJ5UTFV3U0sQwgakoGmq62g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Troy Henderson <thenders@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to output several MetaPost PDF graphics from a single
> ConTeXt source file. For example,
>
> \startMPpage
> draw fullcircle scaled 72;
> \stopMPpage
>
> \startMPpage
> draw unitsquare scaled 72;
> \stopMPpage
>
> and have a separate output PDF generated for each MPpage? It seems that
> this ConTeXt code generates a single PDF which contains only the first
> graphic. I would like to have either
>
> 1) two separate PDF's with each containing their own graphic
> 2) a single two page PDF where each page corresponds to the appropriate
> graphic.
>
> Of course, the "holy grail" would be to be able to "compile" a MetaPost
> source file with ConTeXt.
>
>
for 2)
save this in test.mkiv
\starttext
\startMPpage
draw fullcircle scaled 72;
\stopMPpage
\startMPpage
draw unitsquare scaled 72;
\stopMPpage
\stoptext
$>context test.mkiv
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luigi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-30 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-30 20:57 Troy Henderson
2012-08-30 21:13 ` luigi scarso [this message]
2012-08-30 21:38 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-08-30 21:44 ` Troy Henderson
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