Re: [NTG-context] Using frames with metapost background in metapost

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Hans Hagen wrote:

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\starttext

\boxed{Boxed in text}

\startMPcode draw textext("\boxed{boxed in metapost}") ; %draw textext("\boxframed{boxed in metapost}") ; \stopMPcode

\stoptext

\starttext

\startMPcode picture p ; p := textext("boxed in metapost") ; draw p ; draw (boundingbox p) randomized 9pt withcolor blue; \stopMPcode

\stoptext

for more complex cases use image as in

picture p ; p := image ( draw this; drae that; ) ;

Thanks. I needed this for drawing fancy borders with boxes.mp. Using metapost to directly draw the frame is not as convinient as using \framed, but it does work. Aditya