Thanks for your answers, I could significantly reduce my long timeline code.
> 1. Variable names x and y are special and cleared before > every graphic. This is related to the fact that “z" is > defined as a shortcut for "(x,y)”. Both of these are > traditional. > > Every metapost graphic does at least this at its start: > > save x,y; > currentpicture := nullpicture; > currentpen:=defaultpen; > > so pair xx[]; would have worked just fine. > > In general, I would advice to stay away from single-letter > variable names inside MPinclusions, and use CamelCase > to avoid clashes with metafun internals. > So, got one more z-related error in Metapost. I bet this is absolutely the n.1 on help-lists. Btw, if I were a scientist, I'd realized that defining x as a pair is quite heretic… And that sounds much familiar to an historian. Damien Thiriet ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
