I am afraid I don't completely understand this. Doing:
\startbuffer[fig-1]
\startMPcode
draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20) .. cycle
withcolor darkgreen;
label(textext("Test"),origin);
\stopMPcode
\stopbuffer
\starttext
\processMPbuffer[fig-1]
\stoptext
I get the error:
! Argument of \dostartMPpositiongraphic has an extra }.
system > tex > error on line 8 in file onfly.tex: Argument of ...
1 \startbuffer[fig-1]
2 \startMPcode
3 draw origin-(20,0) .. origin+(0,20) .. origin+(20,0) .. origin+(0,-20)
.. cycle withcolor darkgreen;
4 label(textext("Test"),origin);
5 \stopMPcode
6 \stopbuffer
7 \starttext
8 >> \processMPbuffer[fig-1]
..
<inserted text>
\par
<to be read again>
}
\processMPgraphic ...le ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}
}\egroup \placeMPgraphic \...
\doprocessMPbuffer ...("\currentMPgraphicname ")}}
\endMPgraphicgroup
l.8 \processMPbuffer[fig-1]
Hans van der Meer
On 29 sep. 2011, at 21:21, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Meer, H. van der wrote:
>
>> I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some
>> convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project
>> structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with:
>> context figurefile running on input
>> \input some-metapost-inclusions
>> \starttext
>> \startMPpage
>> ..
>> \stopMPpage
>> \stoptext
>>
>> But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using
>> mode=*first to prevent further iterations):
>> ..
>> \component figurefile
>> ..
>> And in the figurefile
>> \startcomponent figurefile
>> \environment some-metapost-inclusions
>> \starttext
>> .. BUT THEN WHAT?
>>
>> As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all?
>
> What I usually do is have all the figures in separate buffers:
>
> \startenvironment figures
>
> \startbuffer[fig-1]
> ...
> \stopbuffer
>
> \stopenvironment
>
> and in the main file
>
> \environment figures
>
> \starttext
> ....
> \processMPbuffer[fig-1]
> ....
> \stoptext
>
> This way you can also combine multiple figures using
>
> \processMPbuffer[fig-common,fig-1]
>
> etc.
>
> The metapost processing is fast enough that there is no noticable speed
> difference.
>
> Aditya
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