[NTG-context] Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-17 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
I think I could solve all the problems. Attached the finalized working example. I created the https://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaPost#Layer_sets_as_individual_pages entry with it. Feel free to modify. Cheers Emanuel On Feb. 16 2024, at 7:56 am, Mikael Sundqvist wrote: > Hi, > > not sure I

[NTG-context] Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-15 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
Hi, not sure I get what you are missing. But you can try setbounds currentpicture to (fullsquare scaled 200) ; in base. And then do \dorecurse{5}{ \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] \useMPgraphic{layerset#1} \stopTEXpage } if that is the looping you are after. /Mikael On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 6:54 AM

[NTG-context] Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-15 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
Resp. the solution should be such that each generated PDF page has the same dimension, the same background colour and a page number and the metapost content on each page has the same scaling factor. On Feb. 15 2024, at 11:10 pm, Emanuel Han via ntg-context wrote: > Dear Mikael, > > I actually

[NTG-context] Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-15 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
Dear Mikael, I actually need to keep the \dorecurse mechanism of the mwe (from line 44 on), because I need the "setbounds currentpicture to TheFrame" and also because I need page numbering inside the MPpage, as done with draw textext(decimal(currentime)). So, how can I use the

[NTG-context] Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-15 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
Dear Mikael, thanks a lot! this seems to be the solution! And it looks beatiful enough to me  I'll try to port all my layers to this new method and see if I run into new problems again  Emanuel On Feb. 15 2024, at 8:19 am, Mikael Sundqvist wrote: > Hi > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 1:03 AM

[NTG-context] Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-14 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
Hi On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 1:03 AM Emanuel Han via ntg-context wrote: > > Dear list, > > the attached .tex file is the minimal working example we discussed today in > the online meeting. > > I realized that the approach of looping through k of p[k] is not fitting my > needs, because it's not