* metapost to pdf on the fly @ 2011-09-29 18:37 Meer, H. van der 2011-09-29 19:21 ` Aditya Mahajan 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Meer, H. van der @ 2011-09-29 18:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: NTG ConTeXt I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): .. \component figurefile .. And in the figurefile \startcomponent figurefile \environment some-metapost-inclusions \starttext .. BUT THEN WHAT? As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all? Hans van der Meer ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: metapost to pdf on the fly 2011-09-29 18:37 metapost to pdf on the fly Meer, H. van der @ 2011-09-29 19:21 ` Aditya Mahajan 2011-10-03 7:05 ` Meer, H. van der 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2011-09-29 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Meer, H. van der wrote: > I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: > context figurefile running on input > \input some-metapost-inclusions > \starttext > \startMPpage > .. > \stopMPpage > \stoptext > > But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): > .. > \component figurefile > .. > And in the figurefile > \startcomponent figurefile > \environment some-metapost-inclusions > \starttext > .. BUT THEN WHAT? > > As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all? What I usually do is have all the figures in separate buffers: \startenvironment figures \startbuffer[fig-1] ... \stopbuffer \stopenvironment and in the main file \environment figures \starttext .... \processMPbuffer[fig-1] .... \stoptext This way you can also combine multiple figures using \processMPbuffer[fig-common,fig-1] etc. The metapost processing is fast enough that there is no noticable speed difference. 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: metapost to pdf on the fly 2011-09-29 19:21 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2011-10-03 7:05 ` Meer, H. van der 2011-10-03 7:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Meer, H. van der @ 2011-10-03 7:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing: \startbuffer[fig-1] \startMPcode draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopMPcode \stopbuffer \starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext I get the error: ! Argument of \dostartMPpositiongraphic has an extra }. system > tex > error on line 8 in file onfly.tex: Argument of ... 1 \startbuffer[fig-1] 2 \startMPcode 3 draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; 4 label(textext("Test"),origin); 5 \stopMPcode 6 \stopbuffer 7 \starttext 8 >> \processMPbuffer[fig-1] .. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \processMPgraphic ...le ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )} }\egroup \placeMPgraphic \... \doprocessMPbuffer ...("\currentMPgraphicname ")}} \endMPgraphicgroup l.8 \processMPbuffer[fig-1] Hans van der Meer On 29 sep. 2011, at 21:21, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Meer, H. van der wrote: > >> I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: >> context figurefile running on input >> \input some-metapost-inclusions >> \starttext >> \startMPpage >> .. >> \stopMPpage >> \stoptext >> >> But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): >> .. >> \component figurefile >> .. >> And in the figurefile >> \startcomponent figurefile >> \environment some-metapost-inclusions >> \starttext >> .. BUT THEN WHAT? >> >> As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all? > > What I usually do is have all the figures in separate buffers: > > \startenvironment figures > > \startbuffer[fig-1] > ... > \stopbuffer > > \stopenvironment > > and in the main file > > \environment figures > > \starttext > .... > \processMPbuffer[fig-1] > .... > \stoptext > > This way you can also combine multiple figures using > > \processMPbuffer[fig-common,fig-1] > > etc. > > The metapost processing is fast enough that there is no noticable speed difference. > > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: metapost to pdf on the fly 2011-10-03 7:05 ` Meer, H. van der @ 2011-10-03 7:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster 2011-10-03 8:12 ` Meer, H. van der 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2011-10-03 7:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Am 03.10.2011 um 09:05 schrieb Meer, H. van der: > I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing: > \startbuffer[fig-1] > \startMPcode > draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; > label(textext("Test"),origin); > \stopMPcode > \stopbuffer > \starttext > \processMPbuffer[fig-1] > \stoptext This works: \startbuffer[fig-1] draw (-20,0) .. (0,20) .. (20,0) .. (0,-20) .. cycle withcolor \MPcolor{darkgreen}; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopbuffer \starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: metapost to pdf on the fly 2011-10-03 7:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster @ 2011-10-03 8:12 ` Meer, H. van der 2011-10-03 9:33 ` Mojca Miklavec 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Meer, H. van der @ 2011-10-03 8:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Thanks, this works indeed. But I hoped to be able to produce in this manner at one stroke a series of separate figures, each in its own pdf file. Or is this an impossible action? Hans van der Meer On 3 okt. 2011, at 09:09, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 03.10.2011 um 09:05 schrieb Meer, H. van der: > >> I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing: >> \startbuffer[fig-1] >> \startMPcode >> draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; >> label(textext("Test"),origin); >> \stopMPcode >> \stopbuffer >> \starttext >> \processMPbuffer[fig-1] >> \stoptext > > This works: > > \startbuffer[fig-1] > draw (-20,0) .. (0,20) .. (20,0) .. (0,-20) .. cycle withcolor \MPcolor{darkgreen}; > label(textext("Test"),origin); > \stopbuffer > > \starttext > \processMPbuffer[fig-1] > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: metapost to pdf on the fly 2011-10-03 8:12 ` Meer, H. van der @ 2011-10-03 9:33 ` Mojca Miklavec 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2011-10-03 9:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:12, Meer, H. van der wrote: > Thanks, this works indeed. But I hoped to be able to produce in this manner at one stroke a series of separate figures, each in its own pdf file. Or is this an impossible action? Then create file.mp with beginfig(1); ... metapost code ... endfig; beginfig(2); ... metapost code ... endfig; beginfig(3); ... metapost code ... endfig; end. and process it with mptopdf file.mp Mojca ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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