Hi Jan-Erik,
Jan-Erik Hägglöf schrieb:
> Hi All!
>
> I'm in beginning to write a thesis in physics(undergraduate level) and
> one of many things I wanna do is, cause I create much illustrations in
> DIA http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
> and the program can export to figure.mp, to include these in my
> document.
>
> I've read the instructions on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mpgraphic
>
> I do not get this working. How is the best way to accomplish this?
>
> The reason is why I want to do in this way is to input tex code in the
> figure (especially math and symbol definitions) and optionally place
> them in specific places inside the figure. By this method I can even do
> better illustrations, hopefully.
>
> My workflow has been like this:
>
> 1. Create the desired figure in DIA and choose the export option. TeX
> metapost *.mp(see attached file ).
>
1.1 remove all latex related code from the mp file
verbatimtex
%&latex
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
etex
> 2. Tryed to do inclusion in a TeX-document like this
>
> \startstaticMPfigure{magflux}
> the code in the attached file
\input magfluxdensity.mp
> \stopstaticMPfigure
>
> \starttext
>
> Here is my figure \usestaticMPfigure[magflux][width=0.8\textwidth]
>
> \stoptext
>
> But it fails with errormessage:
>
> !Paragraph ended before \startstaticMPfigure was complete .....
>
> Should I place part of the code in some definitions?
>
> 3. To input textlabels in mathnotation optionally anywhere I want inside
> the figure.
>
\startMPenvironment[global]
... global font defintions (esp. a math font), so metapost can also use them
\stopMPenvironment
Hope that helps...
Best wishes, Peter
> And also do something like
>
> \placefigure[][fig:metapostfigure]{Here is the figure I made in DIA
> converted to metapost}{\usestaticMPfigure[magflux][width=0.8\textwidth]}
>
> so it also can be referred to in the text.
>
> All best and thanks in advance!
>
> Janneman
>
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