From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55509 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Using frames with metapost background in metapost Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:07:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263175660 17820 80.91.229.12 (11 Jan 2010 02:07:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:07:40 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 11 03:07:33 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NU9gq-0001QB-RV for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020C8C9BA5; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:31 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id WXw0diU+YXYQ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C97FBC9B49; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1BADC9B49 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:25 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Ohde0Z1TCKvP for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.160]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A353C9B21 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:07:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: FROM [192.168.2.8] (c-76-28-91-31.hsd1.ct.comcast.net [76.28.91.31]) By skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4B4A87D9.72A4.30645 ; Authuser adityam; 10 Jan 2010 21:07:21 EST User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:55509 Archived-At: Hi, I want to use a frame with metapost background to highlight some text inside metapost. But, the best that I can do is get metapost to typeset the code for the background, rather than execute it! Any ideas on a work around (in MkIV). \startmode[error] \defineoverlay[MP:background] [\useMPgraphic{MP:backgound}] \startuseMPgraphic{MP:backgound} draw OverlayBox randomized 9pt withcolor blue; \stopuseMPgraphic \stopmode \defineframed[boxframed][frame=on,background=MP:background] % A frame defined with \defineframe does not work % inside Metapost, so I prevent expansion. \unexpanded\def\boxed#1{\boxframed{#1}} \starttext \boxed{Boxed in text} \startMPcode draw textext("\boxed{boxed in metapost}") ; %draw textext("\boxframed{boxed in metapost}") ; \stopMPcode \stoptext Thanks, Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________