Re: [NTG-context] metafun 2

14 Aug 2019

      Hi Hans,

Thank you very much for the new features! I haven't yet read all the mag-1104-mkiv.pdf where you explain some of them, but after modifying one of your examples, I noticed that some funtions get a strange graph, which is probably due to the fact that metafun2 is interpolating between points in a way which is not correct.
For instance, in the following example (which is a slight modification of yours), the curve drawn is not a graph, in the sense that for some values of x it seems to be two or more values of y.

How does metafun 2 traces the curve between two discretization points?

Best regards: OK

%%% begin draw-2.tex

\starttext
\startMPcode{doublefun} 
draw lmt_function [
	xmin =  1.0, xmax = 2.5066283, xstep = .1,
	ymin = -2, ymax =  2,
%	xticks = "bottom", xsmall = 80, xlarge = 20, 
%	yticks = "left", ysmall = 40, ylarge = 4,
	code = "1.5 * math.sin(2*x^2)", 
	xlabels = "yes",
	ylabels = "yes",
	ycaption = "\strut\tfd \rotate[rotation=90]{vertical}",
	xcaption = "\strut\tfd horizontal",
	pointsymbol = "dot", pointsize = 4, pointcolor = "orange",
	sx = 2mm, sy = 4mm, linewidth = .025mm, offset = .1mm, 
	]
	xsized 8cm ;
\stopMPcode

\stoptext

%%% end draw-2.tex
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On 14 Aug 2019, at 11:54, Hans Hagen  wrote:
Hi,
In the process of providing an additional (more abstract) interface to some of the old and also new MetaFun code we wonder what kind of features users would like to see.
http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-1104-mkiv.pdf
As a teaser I uploaded a MyWay document that shows some of what is coming. All is experimental but it shows the direction. We're talking ConTeXt LMTX here. For instance,
draw lmt_outline [
       content       = "hello",
       kind          = "reverse",
       fillcolor     = "darkred",
       drawcolor     = "darkblue",
       rulethickness = 1/2,
   ] ysized h shifted (3.75h,-1.25h) ;
Wraps all the outline drawing in one macro with a set of options (there will be xml interface definitions for that). Or take:
draw lmt_followtext [
       content = "How well does it work {\bf 1}! ",
       path    = (fullcircle scaled 4cm),
       trace   = true,
       spread  = true,
   ] ysized 5cm ;
which is an easier interface to text along a curve. Arrows can be drawn with
draw lmt_arrow [
       kind        = "draw",
       location    = "middle",
       alternative = "curved",
       path        = fullcircle
           scaled  3cm
           shifted (3.5cm,0cm),
   ] withcolor "darkblue" ;
but of course the low level interface with its many variables for tweaking stays around. Other examples are shown in the mentioned document.
So the question is: What do you miss in metapost support? Of course it should fit within the concept, so 'artistic freehand drawings' is not something that is likely to get interfaced. We are particularly interested in educational applications, if only because ConTeXt started out that way.
Hans
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