On Monday 23 June 2003 5:06 pm, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
> - in the header:
>
> % -- draw "any" indication
> %%postscript /displaycustom { % usage: len x y displaycustom
> %%postscript exch -9 add exch 2 copy
> %%postscript M 0 10 rmoveto /Times-Roman 16 selectfont texttodisplay
> show
> %%postscript M 0 6 rlineto currentpoint stroke M
> %%postscript 30 add 0 rlineto currentpoint stroke M
> %%postscript 0 -6 rlineto stroke
> %%postscript } bdef
> %%postscript /texttodisplay () def
>
> - in the tune:
>
> %%postscript /texttodisplay (some text) def
> .. !1(!ABc!1)!d ..
This is similar to what I've ended up doing. However, I've changed the header
routine to accept the text as an argument; this means I can call the routine
before the line is draw with whatever text, size, and position I like. This
isn't as bad as it sounds, though it does mean a fair bit of tweaking the
output to get everything in place. It also lets me do the nesting easily
enough.
>
> If there is more than one indication in the line, you should define
> so many macros and decorations with different text variables :(.
I thought about doing this for about 30 nanoseconds, and just went *no*.
Thanks for all the suggestions, on and off-list. It's (mostly *g*) made
things a lot clearer.
Cheers,
Calum
PS If anyone would actually like to see the tortured mess of postscript I've
come up with, let me know and I'll pass on a copy.
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