From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24720 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: <2F1ECAB6-F02B-46C8-BC39-76F1B4F5AE2F@cox.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135436718 2935 80.91.229.2 (24 Dec 2005 15:05:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:05:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Dec 24 16:05:12 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqAxL-00004v-Vi for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A9C127C3; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29272-01-4; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95512127D6; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45732127D6 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29272-01-3 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.177]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5037F127C3 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [62.203.210.194] (helo=[10.128.9.3]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKwtQ-1EqAxE3SwJ-0000lZ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: <2F1ECAB6-F02B-46C8-BC39-76F1B4F5AE2F@cox.net> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:71ece21a21b2fa6ef1812787a4eaee0e X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:24720 Archived-At: Am 2005-12-24 um 01:18 schrieb David Arnold: > 1. It's really inefficient to compile the entire context source =20 > file just to see what will happen to one figure. So, it seems that =20 > we should probably have a library of graphs for later inclusion in =20 > the main document. One would want to be able to compile all at once =20= > or individually if one were just working on one file. > > 2. The code for many individual figures is quite long and tends to =20 > obscure the flow of thought when included in the source. Again, if =20 > they were coming from an external document, that would be better. > Perhaps the "figure database" approach is right for you - create a =20 PDF with one figure per page and write a descripting XML, see also =20 http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image_Database Gr=FC=DFlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)