Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-19 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 21:49, Hans Hagen wrote: > luigi scarso wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: >> >>> There are lots of differences between the latest tikz >>> and the version distributed with tex live. >>> I compare the minimals tex/generic/pgf/ >>> with that instal

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi scarso wrote: On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: There are lots of differences between the latest tikz and the version distributed with tex live. I compare the minimals tex/generic/pgf/ with that installed under /usr/share/texmf (pgf v.2.00-1 debian 7 May 2008). I suppo

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > hm, this one works here without error using the tiks modules from tex live context http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TikZ fails with ! Undefined control sequence. \pgfu...@addpdfresource@colorspaces ...olorspaces

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > There are lots of differences between the latest tikz > and the version distributed with tex live. > I compare the minimals tex/generic/pgf/ > with that installed under /usr/share/texmf (pgf v.2.00-1 debian 7 May 2008). > I suppose that the m

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, luigi scarso wrote: > # find minimals-beta -name "*pgf*" > > The result is an empty string on my minimals, ie no pgf on minimals. Hello Luigi, You can add the option "--extras=all" to first-setup.sh to get all the contributed modules. Cheers, Peter -- Contact information

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > On Wednesday 18 November 2009 17:19:13 luigi scarso wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: >> > There are lots of differences between the latest tikz >> > and the version distributed with tex live. >> > I compare the m

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 18 November 2009 17:19:13 luigi scarso wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > There are lots of differences between the latest tikz > > and the version distributed with tex live. > > I compare the minimals tex/generic/pgf/ > > with that installed under /usr/

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > There are lots of differences between the latest tikz > and the version distributed with tex live. > I compare the minimals tex/generic/pgf/ > with that installed under /usr/share/texmf (pgf v.2.00-1 debian 7 May 2008). > I suppose that the

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 18 November 2009 14:45:57 Hans Hagen wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 18:25, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >>> In past Till has *always* fixed any bug reported, but I have not heard > >>> from him since March (neither as reply to off-list requ

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Curiouslearn wrote: > Thomas or someone else can you please confirm that the pstricks module > works with MKIV. Also, where I can find the module? It is not there > with the other third party modules. Also note that mkiv uses mkii for pstricks, and there can be s

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 18:25, Hans Hagen wrote: Mojca Miklavec wrote: In past Till has *always* fixed any bug reported, but I have not heard from him since March (neither as reply to off-list requests nor any response to the mailing list). if i'd know where to search i

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.11.2009 um 18:25 schrieb Hans Hagen: >>> Thomas or someone else can you please confirm that the pstricks module >>> works with MKIV. Also, where I can find the module? It is not there >>> with the other third party modules. > > if i'd know where to search i could fix it ... has to do with

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Curiouslearn wrote: I think I should give Metapost a try. There are two reasons, I tried out asymptote (i) Its syntax seems easier to remember (ii) It can find intersections of curves (not only straight lines) quite easily. mp can do intersections and future versions of mp might provide new fu

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
I think I should give Metapost a try. There are two reasons, I tried out asymptote (i) Its syntax seems easier to remember (ii) It can find intersections of curves (not only straight lines) quite easily. Can Metapost do the second? Anyhow, I am going to give it a try again to see if I like it. Th

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 20:35, Curiouslearn wrote: > Thanks to all who made some suggestions about where I can find > Metapost libraries. Will look into those. > > It seems Asymptote + Tikz  is a good way to go and also try out Metapost > again. > > Mojca, you  said that number of pstricks users a

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks to all who made some suggestions about where I can find Metapost libraries. Will look into those. It seems Asymptote + Tikz is a good way to go and also try out Metapost again. Mojca, you said that number of pstricks users are decreasing. Is this amongst Context users, or in general amon

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 18:22, Hans Hagen wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> >> I just forgot to add: MKIV is currently broken in TL 2009 and >> asymptote is not part of minimals (yet). In both cases I guess that >> I'm the one to blame for both. I'll be on "health leave" (skipping >> work) for the

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 18:25, Hans Hagen wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> In past Till has *always* fixed any bug reported, but I have not heard >> from him since March (neither as reply to off-list requests nor any >> response to the mailing list). > > if i'd know where to search i could fix i

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: In past Till has *always* fixed any bug reported, but I have not heard from him since March (neither as reply to off-list requests nor any response to the mailing list). Thomas or someone else can you please confirm that the pstricks module works with MKIV. Also, where I

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 17:57, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 15:12, curiouslearn wrote: The reason I am asking is that eventually all the new Context features will be in MKIV. I want to know what graphics packages I can use with it other than Metapost. Ans

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 15:12, curiouslearn wrote: The reason I am asking is that eventually all the new Context features will be in MKIV. I want to know what graphics packages I can use with it other than Metapost. Answering that question alone: I would go with TikZ. You

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I just forgot to add: MKIV is currently broken in TL 2009 AFAIK it was not a strict target, and anyway I see no problem > and asymptote is not part of minimals (yet). nothing against asy, but maybe we don't need it in minimals -- luigi _

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 17:57, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 15:12, curiouslearn wrote: >> >> The reason I am asking is that eventually all the new Context features will >> be >> in MKIV. I want to know what graphics packages I can use with it other than >> Metapost. > > Answerin

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 15:12, curiouslearn wrote: > > The reason I am asking is that eventually all the new Context features will be > in MKIV. I want to know what graphics packages I can use with it other than > Metapost. Answering that question alone: I would go with TikZ. You are free to use A

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 23:57, Curiouslearn wrote: > Thanks everyone for replying. > > Mojca, in case you read this, can you please let me know what the > status on asymptote is. I read it***, but I already forgot what the state was. I had to find the thread where I suggested a few changes, but th

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: fyi: you can define extra mp instances in order avoid clashes: \defineMPinstance[whatever1][format=metafun,extensions=yes,initializations=yes] \defineMPinstance[whatever2][format=mpost] \startMPdefinitions{whatever1} inpu

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > fyi: > > you can define extra mp instances in order avoid clashes: > > \defineMPinstance[whatever1][format=metafun,extensions=yes,initializations=yes] > \defineMPinstance[whatever2][format=mpost] > > \startMPdefinitions{whatever1} > input metaob

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Curiouslearn wrote: Also I like them : google search Metapost metaobj Metapost metagraph Metapost UML Metapost melusine fyi: you can define extra mp instances in order avoid clashes: \defineMPinstance[whatever1][format=metafun,extensions=

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Curiouslearn wrote: Mojca, in case you read this, can you please let me know what the status on asymptote is. I am not Mojca, but I'll comment on this anyways :) I looked into integrating asymptote this summer (spent around a month going to asymptote macro code). Asympto

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > The ConTeXt community (and via the minimals distribution) can keep > this active... So much to do! yes, true: for example metaobj is in the minimals -- luigi _

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 14:40:04 Curiouslearn wrote: > I tried Metapost last year for a few graphs and liked the fact that it > is tightly integrated with Context. I found John Hobby's document a > good place to learn it and then used Hans' Metafun to learn further. > The reason I am looking at

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Curiouslearn wrote: Also I like them : google search Metapost metaobj Metapost metagraph Metapost UML Metapost melusine -- luigi ___ If your question is of interest to others as wel

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks, Hraban. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > 2009/11/17 Curiouslearn : >> The reason I am looking at Asymptote and pstricks is because they have >> libraries or functionality which Metapost lacks. For example, the tree >> drawing library in pstricks. If Metapost h

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
2009/11/17 Curiouslearn : > The reason I am looking at Asymptote and pstricks is because they have > libraries or functionality which Metapost lacks. For example, the tree > drawing library in pstricks. If Metapost has such a library I don't > know since I cannot find any document that explains the

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
I tried Metapost last year for a few graphs and liked the fact that it is tightly integrated with Context. I found John Hobby's document a good place to learn it and then used Hans' Metafun to learn further. The reason I am looking at Asymptote and pstricks is because they have libraries or functio

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 16 November 2009 23:57:28 Curiouslearn wrote: > Thanks everyone for replying. > > Alan, the tikz module does not work with MKIV. From what I have read > before, it seems it will not unless the creator of tikz makes some > changes to tikz package so that it works with Context. I am not su

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks everyone for replying. Mojca, in case you read this, can you please let me know what the status on asymptote is. Alan, the tikz module does not work with MKIV. From what I have read before, it seems it will not unless the creator of tikz makes some changes to tikz package so that it works

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 16 November 2009 15:29:14 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:12 PM, curiouslearn wrote: > > I apologize if this has been asked before, but would appreciate if > > anyone could > > answer this again. > > > > (a) Is there an easy way to incorporate asymptote code in a Context

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:12 PM, curiouslearn wrote: > The reason I am asking is that eventually all the new Context features will be > in MKIV. I want to know what graphics packages I can use with it other than > Metapost. I have some ideas about pstricks (pst-lens) luatex lunatic and mkiv via

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:12 PM, curiouslearn wrote: I apologize if this has been asked before, but would appreciate if anyone could answer this again. (a) Is there an easy way to incorporate asymptote code in a Context document, like there exists in Latex. In latex you can include it between

[NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread curiouslearn
I apologize if this has been asked before, but would appreciate if anyone could answer this again. (a) Is there an easy way to incorporate asymptote code in a Context document, like there exists in Latex. In latex you can include it between \begin{asy} \end{asy} (b) Is there an easy way to i