[Therion] MetaPost/Tex: variable \magdecl

2016-06-06 Thread Martin Budaj
Hi, TeX variables are not accessible in MetaPost. However, there is a numeric MagDecl variable in MetaPost (see the chapter New map symbols in the thbook). Martin On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Dirk Peinelt wrote: > Is there a way to handle the content of the \magdecl TEX-variable in >

[Therion] MetaPost/Tex: variable \magdecl

2016-06-05 Thread Bruce
[mailto:therion-boun...@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Dirk Peinelt Sent: Saturday, 4 June 2016 11:05 p.m. To: therion at speleo.sk Subject: [Therion] MetaPost/Tex: variable \magdecl Is there a way to handle the content of the \magdecl TEX-variable in METAPOST? (Therion V5.3.16) In a string or numeric

[Therion] MetaPost/Tex: variable \magdecl

2016-06-04 Thread Dirk Peinelt
Is there a way to handle the content of the \magdecl TEX-variable in METAPOST? (Therion V5.3.16) In a string or numeric? - I think, i've an syntax problem. 1.) string handling: string dec; %dec:="3.022"; % FINE! dec:=\magdecl; % ERROR p_label.top(thTEX(dec),(0,0),0,8); % >> string output