Re: [NTG-context] buffers inside startMPpage

[Jan Willem Flamma]

Thank you Wolfgang.

This suits my needs just fine.

Kind regards,
Jan Willem Flamma

> On 14 okt. 2016, at 10:34, Wolfgang Schuster  
> wrote:
> 
>> Jan Willem Flamma  14. Oktober 2016 um 10:12
>> Dear list members,
>> 
>> I create all my MetaFun drawings in a separate environment file where each 
>> individual drawing sits inside a start/stopbuffer. This allows me to easily 
>> use those drawings in all my documents using \processMPbuffer[name]. Works 
>> just fine.
>> 
>> However, I also wish to have all the drawing available in a pdf file (each 
>> drawing on a separate page). This allows me to split the pdf and use the 
>> drawing elsewhere (e.g. in a Powerpoint) or include page(s) from the pdf in 
>> another document.
>> 
>> The below MWE represent my MetaFun drawings file.
>> The idea is that by uncommenting the \enablemode[makepdf] I can create the 
>> pdf file with drawings. It seems however that startMPpage does not accept 
>> buffers (I also tried processbuffer and processMPbuffer).
>> 
>> Is it possible to somehow make this work?
> You can use
> 
> \startTEXpage
> \processMPbuffer[…]
> \stopTEXpage
> 
> but loading a buffer in MPpage doesn’t work because the content of the 
> environment
> is just passed to MetaPost and buffers can’t be loaded inside MetaPost code 
> unless
> Hans adds a function for this, e.g.
> 
> \startMPcode
> buffer("mybuffer")
> \stopMPcode
> 
> Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] buffers inside startMPpage

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Jan Willem Flamma 
14. Oktober 2016 um 10:12
Dear list members,

I create all my MetaFun drawings in a separate environment file where 
each individual drawing sits inside a start/stopbuffer. This allows me 
to easily use those drawings in all my documents using 
\processMPbuffer[name]. Works just fine.


However, I also wish to have all the drawing available in a pdf file 
(each drawing on a separate page). This allows me to split the pdf and 
use the drawing elsewhere (e.g. in a Powerpoint) or include page(s) 
from the pdf in another document.


The below MWE represent my MetaFun drawings file.
The idea is that by uncommenting the \enablemode[makepdf] I can create 
the pdf file with drawings. It seems however that startMPpage does not 
accept buffers (I also tried processbuffer and processMPbuffer).


Is it possible to somehow make this work?

You can use

\startTEXpage
\processMPbuffer[…]
\stopTEXpage

but loading a buffer in MPpage doesn’t work because the content of the 
environment
is just passed to MetaPost and buffers can’t be loaded inside MetaPost 
code unless

Hans adds a function for this, e.g.

\startMPcode
buffer("mybuffer")
\stopMPcode

Wolfgang
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[NTG-context] buffers inside startMPpage

[Jan Willem Flamma]

Dear list members,

I create all my MetaFun drawings in a separate environment file where each 
individual drawing sits inside a start/stopbuffer. This allows me to easily use 
those drawings in all my documents using \processMPbuffer[name]. Works just 
fine.

However, I also wish to have all the drawing available in a pdf file (each 
drawing on a separate page). This allows me to split the pdf and use the 
drawing elsewhere (e.g. in a Powerpoint) or include page(s) from the pdf in 
another document.

The below MWE represent my MetaFun drawings file.
The idea is that by uncommenting the \enablemode[makepdf] I can create the pdf 
file with drawings. It seems however that startMPpage does not accept buffers 
(I also tried processbuffer and processMPbuffer).

Is it possible to somehow make this work?

Thanks and regards,
Jan Willem Flamma


%\enablemode[makepdf]

\startbuffer[fig1]
  draw fullcircle scaled 2cm withcolor red ;
\stopbuffer

\startbuffer[fig2]
  draw unitsquare scaled 2cm withcolor red ;
\stopbuffer


\startmode[makepdf]
  \starttext
\startMPpage
  \getbuffer[fig1]
\stopMPpage

\startMPpage
  \getbuffer[fig2]
\stopMPpage
  \stoptext
\stopmode



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