Is followtext(“string”,path) not yet implemented?

Because I get an error when running:
\startMPcode
path p; p:=reverse halfcircle xyscaled 25mm; draw p;
followtext("some text but not that long",p); % <- causes error
\stopMPcode

Or do I need to call followtext in some other way that is not clear to me.

dr. Hans van der Meer


> On 8 Apr 2018, at 16:41, Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> On 4/8/2018 12:11 AM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
>> On 04/07/2018 11:25 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>> On 4/7/2018 11:04 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
>>>> Dear list,
>>>> 
>>>> I have the following sample:
>>>> 
>>>>    \useMPlibrary[txt]
>>>> 
>>>>    \starttext
>>>> 
>>>>    \startuseMPgraphic{followtokens}
>>>>     path RotPath ; RotPath := reverse halfcircle ;
>>>>     % path RotPath ; RotPath := halfcircle rotatedaround (origin, 180) ;
>>>>    \stopuseMPgraphic
>>>> 
>>>>    \followtokens{Just follow the tokens}
>>>>    \stoptext
>>>> 
>>>> How can I get both paths (in diverse directions)?
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to repeat the same text twice, separating both sentences
>>>> with a character.
>>>> 
>>>> I have to ask this, beause MetaPost is all Greek to me.
>>> i have no clue what you mean but this will change the direction
>> Many thanks for your reply, Hans.
>> I attach an image of what I mean.
>> I want a full circle in two halves with the same duplicated sentence.
>> The first one written clockwise and the second one written
>> counterclockwise (as in the commented path above).
>> I hope it is clearer now.
> 
>    path p ; p := reverse halfcircle scaled 5cm ;
>    path q ; q := reverse halfcircle scaled 5cm rotated 180 ;
> 
>    path q ; q := reverse halfcircle scaled 5cm rotated 180 ;
> 
>    \followtokens{~this way~}
>    \followtokens{\reversedtext{~this way~}}
> 
> we will have this in metafun:
> 
>    followtext("this way",p) ;
> 
> so that one can do it all in mp ... a nice gimmick for the ctx meeting
> 
> Hans
> 
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