On Thu, 2018-03-29 at 18:05 +0200, Gerhard Kugler wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 07:11:50AM -0600, Alan Braslau wrote: > > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:43:56 +0200 > > Gerhard Kugler <g.w.kug...@posteo.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > One misunderstanding made by my post: I want to write the text curved > > > as a (half-)circle. > > Take a look at the Metafun manual. > > > In the manual is an example on page 233 with the following content:
Nah! Don't use those macros. They are only for demonstration. Use the builtin \followtokens instead: \loadmarkfile{meta-imp-txt} % is this supposed to be loaded like that? \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{followtokens} path RotPath ; RotPath := reverse halfcircle ; \stopuseMPgraphic \followtokens{Text on a half circle} \stoptext > > ----- > > \def\rotatetokens#1#2#3#4% delta extra radius tokens > {\vbox\bgroup > \MPtoks\emptytoks > \resetMPdrawing > \startMPdrawing > picture pic[] ; > numeric wid, len[], rot ; > numeric delta, extra, radius, n, r ; > len[0] := n := 0 ; > delta := #1 ; extra := #2 ; radius := #3 ; > \stopMPdrawing > \handletokens#4\with\processrotationtoken > \startMPdrawing > r := len[n]/Pi ; > for i=1 upto n : > wid := abs(xpart lrcorner pic[i] - > xpart llcorner pic[i]) ; > rot := extra + delta - > ((len[i]-.5wid)/len[n]) * (180+2delta) ; > draw pic[i] > rotatedaround (origin,-270) shifted (-r-radius, > ypart -.5[ulcorner pic[i], llcorner pic[i]]) > rotatedaround (origin,rot) ; > endfor ; > \stopMPdrawing > \MPdrawingdonetrue > \getMPdrawing > \resetMPdrawing > \egroup} > > \startcombination[3*1] > {\rotatetokens {0} {0}{0}{Does it work ok?}} {A} > {\rotatetokens{20} {0}{0}{Does it work ok?}} {B} > {\rotatetokens{20}{30}{0}{Does it work ok?}} {C} > \stopcombination > > ----- > > But I cannot see what part calls what parts and how they can be > embedded. > > Gerhard > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________