Hi, On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 11:29 AM Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > > Am 06.07.22 um 09:15 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: > > On 7/6/2022 7:10 AM, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote: > >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2022, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, I’m trying to understand MetaPost better. > >>> > >>> I’d like to draw a fat line that’s cut at its end points. > >> > >> You mean like linecap = butt? > > Yes, but that doesn’t behave differently. > > > > \startMPpage[offset=5mm] > > path p; > > > > p := origin -- (7cm,0); > > > > interim linecap := squared; > > > > draw p withpen ((pensquare ) scaled 5mm) withcolor red ; > > draw envelope ((pensquare ) scaled 5mm) of p withcolor > > green ; > > draw envelope ((pensquare rotated eps) scaled 5mm) of p withcolor > > blue ; > > \stopMPpage > > > > (there is an "ontarget" chapter about envelopes; mikael and i spent > > quite some time figuring out a few things but in the end conclused that > > mp des the right thing given the strategy it folows but it definitely > > has side effects) > > Thank you for the insight, but does that mean I can’t get my “butt > capped” lines and I must shorten the lines by half the pen size? > > Hraban > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________
Hraban, with the new upload you can do \startMPpage[offset=1dk] pickup pencircle scaled 4 ; path p ; p := origin -- (20,0) ; draw p withcolor darkyellow ; draw p yshifted 5 withlinecap butt withcolor darkred ; draw p yshifted -5 withlinecap squared withcolor darkgreen ; for i within currentpicture : drawpoints pathpart i withpen pencircle scaled 1 ; endfor ; \stopMPpage That is, you can set linecap for each draw. I hope it helps. /Mikael ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
