Re: Position of MetaPost graphics

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

Am 04.04.2011 um 01:22 schrieb Tim Steenvoorden:

> Thanks Peter! You are right it is easier to draw both the wave and the
> line in Metapost. And the dx=-\cutspace is just what I needed for left
> pages!
> 
> I striped the frames out of the code and placed just the graphics in
> the layer with a reuseMPgraphic. Also, I pulled out the definition of
> the wave into a MPinclusions. I have to do LoadPageState in each
> graphic though.
> 
> %\showframe
> \setuppapersize[A5][A5]
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
> 
> \startMPinclusions
> numeric periods, width;
> path wave;
> periods := 3 + 1/4;
> width   := periods * 2*pi;
> wave    := origin for x=0 step 0.1 until width:
>             .. (x,x*sin(x))
>           endfor;
> \stopMPinclusions
> 
> \startreusableMPgraphic{rightwave}
> LoadPageState;
> pickup pencircle scaled 1pt;
> draw origin -- (TextWidth,0) -- wave xscaled (CutSpace/width) yscaled
> (LineHeight/width) shifted (TextWidth,0);
> %setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xscaled (TextWidth+CutSpace);
> \stopreusableMPgraphic
> 
> \startreusableMPgraphic{leftwave}
> LoadPageState;
> pickup pencircle scaled 1pt;
> draw reverse wave xscaled (-1*CutSpace/width) yscaled
> (LineHeight/width) -- (TextWidth,0);
> \stopreusableMPgraphic
> 
> \definelayer[decorations][position=yes,option=test]
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=decorations]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> {\ss\bfc A chapter title}
> \blank[small]
> {\ss\bfx \date \hfill Author Name}
> \setlayer[decorations][location=r]{\reuseMPgraphic{rightwave}}
> 
> \input knuth
> 
> \page
> 
> {\ss\bfc A very long chapter title on two or more lines}
> \blank[small]
> {\ss\bfx \date \hfill Author Name}
> \setlayer[decorations][location=r,dx=-\cutspace]{\reuseMPgraphic{leftwave}}
> 
> \input knuth
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> Just one problem is left. The graphic occupies space in the text layer
> as if the location was set to rb. If you place it with the position=no
> option, it is properly placed in the background and it doesn't disturb
> the text. Is this a bug or a feature?
> 
> I tried to play a bit with the bounding boxes, but I think I don't
> understand them that well.

Your problem is that you use {\ss\bfc …} etc. to place the title
rather than contexts \title command where you can define your own
command. With such a command you can put all text in a frame with
your graphic a background.

- http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Generate_Authorlist_from_Head_Content
- http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Titles#A_complex_graphical_element_under_the_chapter_title

Wolfgang

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