Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-13 Thread Hans Hagen
On 13-10-2011 02:30, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Of course the user would have to make a conscious decision by enabling this “beta” release. And of course the user makes a conscious decision to either compile from trunk if he wants the latest and greatest bugs and new features or to wait patiently

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-13 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 02:30:07AM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: MetaPost doesn't know erf and other obscure functions Metapost could possibly be extended to provide all of the functions in the standard math library. In fact, it would be nice if there be some hook to `link' to additional

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-13 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Alan Braslau alan.bras...@cea.fr wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 02:30:07AM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: MetaPost doesn't know erf and other obscure functions Metapost could possibly be extended to provide all of the functions in the standard math library.

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Paul Menzel paulepan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Dear ConTeXt folks, I finally chose MetaPost/MetaFun [1] because of the native integration with ConTeXt and hopefully easy font handling. I want to use that throughout my document. Of course I hit the

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Alan, Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 07:36 +0200 schrieb Alan Braslau: Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision floating point. At this time, it is in the svn version and does not work yet as such integrated in ConTeXt (through mplib). Taco promises this for soon...

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 00:13, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 07:36 +0200 schrieb Alan Braslau: Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision floating point. At this time, it is in the svn version and does not work yet as such integrated in ConTeXt (through

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 13.10.2011, 00:28 +0200 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 00:13, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 07:36 +0200 schrieb Alan Braslau: Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision floating point. At this time, it is in the svn

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 01:19, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Donnerstag, den 13.10.2011, 00:28 +0200 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 00:13, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 07:36 +0200 schrieb Alan Braslau: Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision

[NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I finally chose MetaPost/MetaFun [1] because of the native integration with ConTeXt and hopefully easy font handling. I want to use that throughout my document. Of course I hit the first problem. Wanting to draw a “simple” function f like f(x) = e^x, seems hard to

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 00:45 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: Dear ConTeXt folks, I finally chose MetaPost/MetaFun [1] because of the native integration with ConTeXt and hopefully easy font handling. I want to use that throughout my document. Of course I hit the

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 00:45, Paul Menzel wrote: Dear ConTeXt folks, I finally chose MetaPost/MetaFun [1] because of the native integration with ConTeXt and hopefully easy font handling. I want to use that throughout my document. Of course I hit the first problem. Wanting to draw a

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Alan Braslau
Paul, Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision floating point. At this time, it is in the svn version and does not work yet as such integrated in ConTeXt (through mplib). Taco promises this for soon... The graph package is pretty clever, and I am working on proposals on how to