Hi Thomas,
Thomas A. Schmitz schrieb:
> This is a very small cosmetic problem, but it bugs me: I'm preparing
> a background for a presentation, and I want a frame with a
> transparent color to appear on every slide, so I define an overlay
> and use metapost. I also want to frame some text elements, so I use a
> \framed. The problem is that in the \framed, the lines of the frame
> overlap at the edges, so with a transparent color, the corners are
> slightly darker. The minimal example below shows the problem. Any
> solution? Is it possible to have the frame around \framed drawn by
> metapost?
>
sure (see attachment).
Greetings, Peter
> Thanks!
>
> Thomas
>
>
> %%%%% MINIMAL EXAMPLE %%%%%%
>
> \setupcolors[state=start]
>
> \definecolor [MyFrameColor] [b=.55, t=.5, a=1]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startuseMPgraphic{fancyframe}
> draw unitsquare
> xyscaled(8cm,8cm)
> withpen pencircle scaled 4pt
> withcolor \MPcolor{MyFrameColor} ;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
>
> \useMPgraphic{fancyframe}
>
> \framed
> [rulethickness=4pt,framecolor=MyFrameColor,height=8cm,width=8cm]{\strut}
>
> \stoptext
>
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\setupcolors[state=start]
\definecolor [MyFrameColor] [b=.55, t=.5, a=1]
\startuniqueMPgraphic{fancyframe}{linewidth,radius,color}
begingroup
save c, lw ;
color c ; c:= \MPvar{color} ;
lw:= \MPvar{linewidth} ;
draw unitsquare xyscaled(OverlayWidth-lw,OverlayHeight-lw)
smoothed \MPvar{radius}
withpen pencircle scaled lw
withcolor c ;
endgroup ;
\stopuniqueMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[fancyframe]
[\uniqueMPgraphic{fancyframe}{linewidth=4pt,radius=5pt,color=MyFrameColor}]
\presetlocalframed[fancy]
\setuplocalframed[fancy]
[frame=off,background=fancyframe]
\starttext
\framed
[rulethickness=4pt,framecolor=MyFrameColor,height=8cm,width=8cm]{}
\localframed[fancy]
[height=8cm,width=8cm]{}
\stoptext
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