Hello MetaFun Math Lovers, I am using MetaFun to attach diagrams to formulas. Both the physics and the typesetting are going great! I attached a sample below, to give a taste of what I am trying to do. This page of actual calculations has examples of almost everything I need. It’s a lot, but it is all working. Right now the interface is terrible, but effective. Thanks to Hans and Mikael for many helpful hints!
I am still using \hpos and \setMPpositiongraphic, because I haven't figured out
how to pass information from \mathboxanchored and \connectboxanchors to my
MetaPost code. Here is the code for the connectors:
\startMPpositiongraphic{mypos:contract}
path pa, pb, pab ; numeric na, nb ; string ta, tb, hand, product ;
ta := mpvars("from") ;
tb := mpvars("to") ;
stemshiftfrom := (EmWidth/8)*mpvarn("startstem") ;
stemshiftto := (EmWidth/8)*mpvarn("stopstem") ;
hand := mpvars("hand") ;
product := mpvars("product") ;
delta := mpvard("distance") ;
na := positionpage(ta) ; % page number of a
nb := positionpage(tb) ; % page number of b
pa := positionbox(ta) ; % box of a
pb := positionbox(tb) ; % box of b
if hand = "right" :
z1 = 0.5[llcorner pa,lrcorner pa] shifted (stemshiftfrom, -ExHeight/4) ;
z2 = 0.5[llcorner pb,lrcorner pb] shifted (stemshiftto, -ExHeight/4) ;
y3 = min(y1,y2) - ExHeight/2 -delta;
else :
z1 = 0.5[ulcorner pa,urcorner pa] shifted (stemshiftfrom, ExHeight/4) ;
z2 = 0.5[ulcorner pb,urcorner pb] shifted (stemshiftto, ExHeight/4) ;
y3 = max(y1,y2) + ExHeight/2 +delta;
fi ;
if na = nb : % Check that positions are on the same page
pickup pencircle scaled 0.6pt ;
if product = "sym" :
draw z1 -- (x1,y3+ExHeight/2) ;
draw z2 -- (x2,y3+ExHeight/2) ;
pickup pencircle scaled 1.2pt ;
draw (x1-EmWidth/8,y3) -- (x2+EmWidth/8,y3) ;
else :
pab := z1 -- (x1,y3) -- (x2,y3) -- z2{down} ;
draw pab ;
fi ;
positioninregion ;
fi ;
\stopMPpositiongraphic
A connector command might look something like this:
\setMPpositiongraphic{X-1}{mypos:contract}{to=X-2,product=sym,startstem=-2,stopstem=2,distance=0.5ex}
All of the key=value pairs in the last argument of \setMPpositiongraphic pop
right up in my MetaPost code with mpvar(“key”). I haven’t been able to follow
this with \mathboxanchored and \connectboxanchors. My two questions are:
1) Can I use \setMPpositiongraphic with \mathboxanchored? That would allow me
to go straight to my MetaPost code without the \connectboxanchors interface
2) Can I tell \connectboxanchors to use my MetaPost code and pass key=value
pairs like I do with \setMPpositiongraphic?
Thanks for any hints!
Gavin
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