Hi,
I uploaded a new lmtx. As I'm currently going through the metafun todo
files I ended up at the fancy shape part (parshapes) running over
multiple paragraphs and decided to provide a (kind of low level)
interface that integrates that. The example code is a few decades old
but still works ok (i might try to improve them a bit some day). Anyway,
here is a teaser:
\starttext
\startuseMPgraphic{circle}
lmt_parshape [
path = fullcircle scaled 136mm,
offset = 2mm,
bottomskip = - 1.5LineHeight,
] ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\start
\startshapedparagraph[list=circle,mp=circle,repeat=yes,method=cycle]%
\setupalign[verytolerant,stretch,last]\dontcomplain
{\darkred \samplefile{tufte}}\par
{\darkgreen \samplefile{tufte}}\par
{\darkblue \samplefile{tufte}}\par
{\darkcyan \samplefile{tufte}}\par
{\darkmagenta \samplefile{tufte}}\par
\stopshapedparagraph
\stop
\page
\start
\startshapedparagraph[list=circle,mp=circle,repeat=yes,method=repeat]%
\setupalign[verytolerant,stretch,last]\dontcomplain
{\darkred \samplefile{tufte}}
{\darkgreen \samplefile{tufte}}
{\darkblue \samplefile{tufte}}
{\darkcyan \samplefile{tufte}}
{\darkmagenta \samplefile{tufte}}
\stopshapedparagraph
\stop
\stoptext
The interface is still somewhat rough (no grouping for instance, not a
real envrionment so that might change) but seems to work ok. One can
also go the tex route and say:
\startparagraphshape[test]
left 1mm right 1mm
left 2mm right 2mm
left 3mm right 3mm
copy 8
left 4mm right 4mm
left 5mm right 5mm
left 5mm hsize 10cm
\stopparagraphshape
or
\startparagraphshape[test]
left 1mm right 1mm
right 3mm
left 5mm right 5mm
repeat
\stopparagraphshape
or
\startparagraphshape[test]
both 1mm both 2mm both 3mm both 4mm both 5mm both 6mm
both 7mm both 6mm both 5mm both 4mm both 3mm both 2mm
\stopparagraphshape
or
\startparagraphshape[test-repeat]
both 1mm both 2mm both 3mm both 4mm both 5mm both 6mm
both 7mm both 6mm both 5mm both 4mm both 3mm both 2mm
repeat
\stopparagraphshape
and use that with:
\startshapedparagraph[list=test]
\dorecurse{8}{\showparagraphshape\samplefile{tufte} \par}
\stopshapedparagraph
or
\startshapedparagraph[list=test-repeat]
\dorecurse{8}{\showparagraphshape\samplefile{tufte} \par}
\stopshapedparagraph
Some more info is in the lowlevel-paragrsph document (part of the low
level series).
This kind of features falls into the category 'fancy' (no one reqtested
it), nice for posters and covers. It might evolve depending on needs for
fancy features, but as said, it's currently a side track of metafun, so
it's also in the category 'fun'. It's code for 'controlled' usage.
Hans
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