Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: p := textext(\AXIS{z}{3}{Optical Size}); p := p rotatedaround (z[13], angle(z[5]-z[1])) ; % inv tan(1.5/2) % Let metapost calculate it for you % Ugly kludge label(p,z[13]+(0,2labeloffset)); This can be done neatly if one remembers that label

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-06 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 7/6/06, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Hi, Aditya, (I must admit I'm still struggling with mastering Mojca's approach ;-). I guess that I should read this as please comment your code better next time pair diag[]; diag1 = (2,1.25); diag2=(10,-2.5); I used diag1 to define the translation

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-06 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:39:04 -0600, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/6/06, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Hi, Aditya, (I must admit I'm still struggling with mastering Mojca's approach ;-). I guess that I should read this as please comment your code better next time Thank you

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Hi, Mojca, Aditya, Hans, and all the MP gurus, Thank you for all the help and advice. On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:17:23 -0600, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow... Ok, following is my present, still naive code. What I would like to be

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, Aditya, Wow, Thanks for your suggestions; I will most certainly study both yours and Mojca's approaches (I must admit I'm still struggling with mastering Mojca's approach ;-). This is a real contribtion: once I'm done studying yours and Mojca's examples and am sure I understand them I

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-01 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Mojca, On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:33:41 -0600, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the second square as an example without calculating the coordinates. =meta-test2.tex=== Thank you very much; I will study this example very carefully. Thnx again for the

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:42:16 -0600, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; you can use drawoptions(scaled 1cm withcolor .625red) ; draw(...) ; draw(...) ; draw(...) ; drawoptions(scaled 1cm withcolor .625red) does not apply the

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:42:16 -0600, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; you can use drawoptions(scaled 1cm withcolor .625red) ; draw(...) ; draw(...) ; draw(...) ;

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:42:16 -0600, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would also probably number the points, so that they are easier to refer to pair z[]; z[1] := (0,0) ; z[2] := (0,5) ; z[3] := (5,0) ; z[4] := (5,5) ; etc. and then draw (z[1]--z[2]--z[3]--z[4]--cycle) ;

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:41:15 -0600, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:42:16 -0600, Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; you can use drawoptions(scaled 1cm withcolor .625red) ;

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 7/1/06, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; is not the same as draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) withcolor .625red ; currentpicture := currentpicture scaled 1 cm ; I did find the u := 1cm; z[1] = (2u,6u) ; method; is there another way, a macro

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, Mojca, Aditya, Hans, and all the MP gurus, Thank you for all the help and advice. On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:17:23 -0600, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did find the u := 1cm; z[1] = (2u,6u) ; method; is there another way, a macro perhaps? What about this one? save

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 7/1/06, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: A question for Hans first: how can something similar be used for \sometxt? \startMPenvironment \ssxx\setupinterlinespace \stopMPenvironment (\setupsometxt[before=,after=] ?) Wow... Ok, following is my present, still naive code. What I would like to be

[NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-29 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear knights, I spent a few hours today with MetaPost and MetaFun, my first serious stab at Meta in many years, so I'm a virtual newbie (used PSTricks back in the LaTeX days). I am trying to basically duplicate the attached pdf graphic and need help with the following: 1. This code is

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Dear knights, I spent a few hours today with MetaPost and MetaFun, my first serious stab at Meta in many years, so I'm a virtual newbie (used PSTricks back in the LaTeX days). I am trying to basically duplicate the attached pdf graphic and