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Renaud AUBIN wrote:
Hi Hans,
The example with clearboxes's crash:
this is probably due to the fact that clearboxes hooks into endfig \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \startMPinclusions input boxes; \stopMPinclusions \startuseMPgraphic{my_uml_figure} input metauml; Class.A("Point") ("+x: int", "+y: int") (); Class.B("Circle") ("radius: int") ("+getRadius(): int", "+setRadius(r: int):void"); topToBottom(45)(A, B); drawObjects(A, B); clink(aggregationUni)(A, B); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[here]{none}{\useMPgraphic{my_uml_figure}} \stoptext this only works when in boxes.mp, we have: extra_beginfig := extra_beginfig & "boxjoin();save pic_,sproc_,pproc_;def clearboxes=enddef;"; extra_endfig := extra_endfig & " clearboxes"; (space added before clearboxes in string) (maybe i should clean up boxes.mp and preload that in metafun if only i know what it's meant for) i suggest that you contact the author of metauml: - rename the util_* files into metauml_util_* in order to prevent clashes with other util_* files - load all files into the main file, so that you get rid of the redundant file reads (loading quits when the files are already loaded,but best do some testing before they are input) - provide a metauml_preload.mp file that preloads e.g. boxes.mp so that you can do \startMPinclusions input metauml_preload; \stopMPinclusions \startuseMPgraphic{my_uml_figure} input metauml; \stopuseMPgraphic - provide "load_metauml" that loads once only, so that you can do \startMPinclusions input metauml_preload; \stopMPinclusions \startuseMPgraphic{my_uml_figure} load_metauml; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{my_second_uml_figure} load_metauml; \stopuseMPgraphic and get only one load when you collect graphics instead of runtime processing Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------