I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): .. \component figurefile .. And in the figurefile \startcomponent figurefile \environment some-metapost-inclusions \starttext .. BUT THEN WHAT? As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all? Hans van der Meer
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Meer, H. van der wrote:
I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext
But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): .. \component figurefile .. And in the figurefile \startcomponent figurefile \environment some-metapost-inclusions \starttext .. BUT THEN WHAT?
As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all?
What I usually do is have all the figures in separate buffers: \startenvironment figures \startbuffer[fig-1] ... \stopbuffer \stopenvironment and in the main file \environment figures \starttext .... \processMPbuffer[fig-1] .... \stoptext This way you can also combine multiple figures using \processMPbuffer[fig-common,fig-1] etc. The metapost processing is fast enough that there is no noticable speed difference. Aditya
I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing: \startbuffer[fig-1] \startMPcode draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopMPcode \stopbuffer \starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext I get the error: ! Argument of \dostartMPpositiongraphic has an extra }. system > tex > error on line 8 in file onfly.tex: Argument of ... 1 \startbuffer[fig-1] 2 \startMPcode 3 draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; 4 label(textext("Test"),origin); 5 \stopMPcode 6 \stopbuffer 7 \starttext 8 >> \processMPbuffer[fig-1] .. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \processMPgraphic ...le ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )} }\egroup \placeMPgraphic \... \doprocessMPbuffer ...("\currentMPgraphicname ")}} \endMPgraphicgroup l.8 \processMPbuffer[fig-1] Hans van der Meer On 29 sep. 2011, at 21:21, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Meer, H. van der wrote:
I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext
But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): .. \component figurefile .. And in the figurefile \startcomponent figurefile \environment some-metapost-inclusions \starttext .. BUT THEN WHAT?
As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all?
What I usually do is have all the figures in separate buffers:
\startenvironment figures
\startbuffer[fig-1] ... \stopbuffer
\stopenvironment
and in the main file
\environment figures
\starttext .... \processMPbuffer[fig-1] .... \stoptext
This way you can also combine multiple figures using
\processMPbuffer[fig-common,fig-1]
etc.
The metapost processing is fast enough that there is no noticable speed difference.
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Am 03.10.2011 um 09:05 schrieb Meer, H. van der:
I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing: \startbuffer[fig-1] \startMPcode draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopMPcode \stopbuffer \starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext
This works: \startbuffer[fig-1] draw (-20,0) .. (0,20) .. (20,0) .. (0,-20) .. cycle withcolor \MPcolor{darkgreen}; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopbuffer \starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext Wolfgang
Thanks, this works indeed. But I hoped to be able to produce in this manner at one stroke a series of separate figures, each in its own pdf file. Or is this an impossible action? Hans van der Meer On 3 okt. 2011, at 09:09, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 03.10.2011 um 09:05 schrieb Meer, H. van der:
I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing: \startbuffer[fig-1] \startMPcode draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle withcolor darkgreen; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopMPcode \stopbuffer \starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext
This works:
\startbuffer[fig-1] draw (-20,0) .. (0,20) .. (20,0) .. (0,-20) .. cycle withcolor \MPcolor{darkgreen}; label(textext("Test"),origin); \stopbuffer
\starttext \processMPbuffer[fig-1] \stoptext
Wolfgang
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On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:12, Meer, H. van der wrote:
Thanks, this works indeed. But I hoped to be able to produce in this manner at one stroke a series of separate figures, each in its own pdf file. Or is this an impossible action?
Then create file.mp with beginfig(1); ... metapost code ... endfig; beginfig(2); ... metapost code ... endfig; beginfig(3); ... metapost code ... endfig; end. and process it with mptopdf file.mp Mojca
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