Hallo Mojca,
1. The labels of the first graphic are xscaled (randomly)
They are not scaled randomly :P They inherit the sizes from the second graphic.
See
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20061204.102337.280a6589.en .html
strange
You need \runMPgraphicstrue
Yes, this helps! But what are the sideeffects? When is the opposite needed?
These settings are used exclusevely for btex ... etex and textext. \sometxt uses the surounding font.
There could be some settings for fonts in metapost graphics, but I'm not aware of any. However, it's rather easy to either:
a) write your own metapost macro for placing labels that scales down everything by 20% label.top(myscaled(\sometxt{Samstag}), z0) ; where vardef myscaled(expr t) = (t scaled 0.8) enddef;
This works.
b) write your own handle \definetextext[scaled]{\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\strut} and then label.top(\sometxt[scaled]{Samstag}, z0) ;
This works, too. Where is this documented?
c) write your own macro or put some font size switch in front of the graphic (I did not try it out) \long\def\startuseMPgraphicwithscaledtext#1\stopuseMPgraphicwithscal edtext {\bgroup\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\startuseMPgraphic#1\stopuseMPgraphic\ egroup}
This is not working. Even an explizit {\switchtobodyfont[8pt] \startuseMPgraphic <mp-code> \stopuseMPgraphic } didn't work. I will use one of the other solutions. Thank you very much! Wolfgang
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
Hallo Mojca,
1. The labels of the first graphic are xscaled (randomly)
They are not scaled randomly :P They inherit the sizes from the second graphic.
See
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20061204.102337.280a6589.en .html
strange
You need \runMPgraphicstrue
Yes, this helps!
But what are the sideeffects? When is the opposite needed?
I don't know. Ask Hans or Taco. It might have to do with write18 (perhaps when it's desabled, one of them doesn't work, but I don't really know).
These settings are used exclusevely for btex ... etex and textext. \sometxt uses the surounding font.
There could be some settings for fonts in metapost graphics, but I'm not aware of any. However, it's rather easy to either:
a) write your own metapost macro for placing labels that scales down everything by 20% label.top(myscaled(\sometxt{Samstag}), z0) ; where vardef myscaled(expr t) = (t scaled 0.8) enddef;
This works.
b) write your own handle \definetextext[scaled]{\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\strut} and then label.top(\sometxt[scaled]{Samstag}, z0) ;
This works, too. Where is this documented?
The \sometxt myway (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/My_Way).
c) write your own macro or put some font size switch in front of the graphic (I did not try it out) \long\def\startuseMPgraphicwithscaledtext#1\stopuseMPgraphicwithscal edtext {\bgroup\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\startuseMPgraphic#1\stopuseMPgraphic\ egroup}
This is not working. Even an explizit
{\switchtobodyfont[8pt] \startuseMPgraphic
<mp-code>
\stopuseMPgraphic }
didn't work.
Try: \switchtobodyfont[50pt] \startMPcode draw \sometxt{abc}; \stopMPcode Maybe the labels are typeset when you \useMPgraphic, not when you define it (but better have the sizes kept in sync). Mojca
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
You need \runMPgraphicstrue Yes, this helps!
But what are the sideeffects? When is the opposite needed?
\runMPgraphicfalse is faster when you need two tex runs anyway, because it collects all the graphics in a single metapost run which is a more efficient way of generating the graphics (in mkii), that is its reason for existence. But sometimes it doesn't work, so having \runMPgraphicstrue in your cont-usr.tex is not a bad idea. Best wishes, Taco
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