Re: [NTG-context] A sometxt bug (rather misfeature)

30 Aug 2007


      Aditya Mahajan wrote:
...
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
...
Hi,
Found an interesting sometxt misfeature.
\startMPinclusions
  boolean test ; test=true ;
\stopMPinclusions
\startbuffer[test]
  if test :
    label(\sometxt{True}, origin) ;
  fi ;
  label(\sometxt{False}, (10,10)) ;
\stopbuffer
\processMPbuffer[test]
\blank[big]
\startMPinitializations
  test := false ;
\stopMPinitializations
\processMPbuffer[test]
Too bad context cannnot parse metapost syntax :)
Workaround (ugly)
Another workaround, slightly less ugly (as long as you count the 
number of \sometxt in the if part.
\startbuffer[test]
   if test :
     label(\sometxt{True}, origin) ;
   else :
     txtnext := txtnext + 1 ;
   fi ;
   label(\sometxt{False}, (10,10)) ;
\stopbuffer
\processMPbuffer[test]
picture p ; p := label(\sometxt{True}, origin) ;
if test then
	draw p ;
fi ;
label(\sometxt{False}, (10,10)) ;


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