As I know, these labels are underlayed by map-fg colour. The construction of such label is a bit complicated.
Martin Budaj is responsible for this part of Therion. Passage height symbol is generated in the same way so maybe contact its author. Martin S. Odesláno z iPhonu 20. 9. 2018 v 23:16, Andrew Atkinson via Therion <[email protected]>: > Yes the Missouri set would be even better. > >> A common convention around Missouri cave mapping is to indicate the >> height >> change of a floor step by enclosing the value in a square box. This is >> not >> the same as ceiling height which is enclosed in a circle or oval > > The therion book indicates that height can be added to pit or wall:pit > p29 > "height <value> ▷ height of pit or wall:pit; available in METAPOST as a > numeric variable ATTR__height." > > I guess that would also make sense for a floor-step, however if you try > it you get the error > -height not valid with type floor-step > When you use an altitude on a wall it adds a label but does not seem to > with pits maybe the same should happen with steps and pits, currently I > have no idea what happens to the height attribute on a pit. Looking at > data.mp the l_floorstep does have a ATTR__height and it is set to -1! > > Yes I'm having similar problems to you defining a box, my skills are > generally limited to copying existing definitions and adjusting them > slightly. My guess is that it is not a metapost, it is tex as it is a > label, in tex you can put a box round text with > > \fbox{4} > > but how or if you can use that in therion I do not know. > > It is a problem that is interesting me, as I think it is something that > I might want to use. > > Andrew > > > >> On 20/09/18 13:09, Martin Sluka via Therion wrote: >> Please contact Martin Budaj. >> >> Odesláno z iPhonu >> >> 20. 9. 2018 v 13:32, Bill Gee via Therion <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi Martin - >>> >>> Now that is an interesting idea! Most of the symbols used in Missouri are >>> UIS, so that would serve as the starting point. >>> >>> Is there any documentation on how to create an entire symbol set? >>> >>> And my original question is still there ... How can I create a symbol that >>> puts a number inside a square box? >>> >>> -- >>> Bill Gee >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:37:42 AM CDT Martin Sluka via Therion >>> wrote: >>>> The correct way could be to define “Missoury symbol set” as one of defaults >>>> for Therion. >>>> >>>> It should be more simple than user symbol, because it will work with >>>> contents menus. >>>> >>>> Martin S. >>>> >>>> Odesláno z iPhonu >>>> >>>> 20. 9. 2018 v 1:05, Bill Gee via Therion <[email protected]>: >>>>> Hi Andrew - >>>>> >>>>> I have defined several of my own symbols such as a pendant and popcorn >>>>> with >>>>> hollow circles. I could easily define a custom point that would display a >>>>> square box. >>>>> >>>>> But then how to get the value displayed inside the box? And how to make >>>>> the box scale according to the number of digits it contains? And will >>>>> Therion do unit conversions like it does for the passage-height object? >>>>> That's why I was looking for the existing code. If I can find it, then >>>>> it is probably pretty easy to modify. >>>>> >>>>>> Yes that is probably possible, however, using a defined symbol for >>>>>> something else is probably not the right answer. Therion allows you to >>>>>> define your own points. >>>>>> >>>>>>> From the wiki >>>>>> >>>>>> point u:xxxx where xxxx is the name of a user defined symbol that you >>>>>> have >>>>>> defined or referenced in a layout. >>>>>> >>>>>> The actual definition seems to be beyond me at the moment, let me sleep >>>>>> on >>>>>> it, but hopefully a more skillful person will have the answer. >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrew >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018, 22:28 Bill Gee via Therion, <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hello everyone - >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A common convention around Missouri cave mapping is to indicate the >>>>>>> height >>>>>>> change of a floor step by enclosing the value in a square box. This is >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> the same as ceiling height which is enclosed in a circle or oval. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have been using the object "point height" for this. It works except >>>>>>> there >>>>>>> is nothing around the value. It just hangs out in space, so to speak. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I used the "-d" option to dump all the MetaPost and TeX code. I find no >>>>>>> references in any of the files to objects of type height or >>>>>>> passage-height, >>>>>>> which implies that these two objects are not generated by MetaPost. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is it possible to redefine the "point height" symbol so it draws a >>>>>>> square >>>>>>> box >>>>>>> around the value? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Bill Gee >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Therion mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Therion mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Therion mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Therion mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >> _______________________________________________ >> Therion mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >> > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
