[NTG-context] [ metapost -> svg ]

[NTG-context] [ metapost -> svg ]

[vm via ntg-context]

With the latest lmtx installed, what would be the correct cli command to 
generate a svg outputfile from a metapost source?

.Floris
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[NTG-context] Re: [ metapost -> svg ]

[Lutz Haseloff]

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Hi Floris,

directly generating SVG with ConTeXt LMTX is not possible.

But, using LMTX to generate SVGs has some advantages over MPOST.

You can use ConTeXt's advanced color management (transparency and more) and you can use the very nice font management.

So my "metapost" file is:

\startMPpage
% metapostcode
\stopMPpage

To get a nice SVG I used to key:

context metapost.tex

and

mutool convert -o metapost.svg -O text=path metapost.pdf

Hope it helps a little

Greetings Lutz

Am 5. November 2023 17:57:15 MEZ schrieb vm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>:
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>With the latest lmtx installed, what would be the correct cli command to generate a svg outputfile from a metapost source?
>
>.Floris
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[NTG-context] Re: [ metapost -> svg ]

[vm via ntg-context]

On 07/11/2023 14:54, Lutz Haseloff wrote:
> 
> mutool convert -o metapost.svg -O text=path metapost.pdf
> 
> Hope it helps a little

yes, mutool was the key to remember.
thanks!

.F
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