Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
Hi Hasn, In order to make sure, that the cooperation between tikz and Context works okay, you should install pgf 1.10 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=142562 Further you need to install the Latex package xkeyval. I hope that will do! Willi Hans Hagen wrote: Willi Egger wrote: Indeed I also get the results as you describe them. When looking at the file *.tmp then you see, that the figure is generated on the fly. When external figure is issued, then the textwidth is the base and therefore the figure ends up leftaligned. -- In such cases I prefer to have the figures prepared in a separate pdf-file by means of \startTEXpage -- \stopTEXpage. Afterwards I include the TEXpages with \externalfigure referencing the page in the file obtained. -- In my experience this makes the runs faster. willy, what do i need to install to get this example running? Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
Indeed I also get the results as you describe them. When looking at the
file *.tmp then you see, that the figure is generated on the fly. When
external figure is issued, then the textwidth is the base and therefore
the figure ends up leftaligned. -- In such cases I prefer to have the
figures prepared in a separate pdf-file by means of
\startTEXpage -- \stopTEXpage. Afterwards I include the TEXpages
with \externalfigure referencing the page in the file obtained. -- In my
experience this makes the runs faster.
Kind regards
Willi
M.J. Kallen wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to determine how to best insert a figure/graph created using the
tikz/pgf module (I'm using v1.10). The attached sample file compares the
result of just using \placefigure and \placefigure with
\startcombination[1*1]. In the first case, the result is not centered (which
should be default in ConTeXt, if I'm correct) but flushed left. Only if I
place the figure inside a \startcombination by using \input, do I get the
desired result. If I use \externalfigure inside the \startcombination, I
again get an incorrect result.
In theory, the first version should work but some special settings (using
e.g. \useexternalfigure) may be required. I do not know why the second
version does work. Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks,
Maarten-Jan
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\usemodule[tikz]
\setupfloat[figure][location=middle,frame=on]
\starttext
\startbuffer[tikz]
\starttikzpicture
\draw[red,thick] (0,0) -- (1,1)
{[rounded corners] -- (2,0) -- (3,1)}
-- (3,0) -- (2,1);
\stoptikzpicture
\stopbuffer
\placefigure
[here]
[fig:test1]
{The figure is flushed left, whereas it should be centered.}
{\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]}
\placefigure
[here]
[fig:test2]
{Using \type{\startcombination[1*1]} together with \type{\input}, the
result looks as expected.}
{\startcombination[1*1]
{\input test-pgf-tikz.tmp } {}
\stopcombination
}
\placefigure
[here]
[fig:test3]
{Using \type{\startcombination[1*1]} together with
\type{\externalfigure}, the result looks again as in the first figure.}
{\startcombination[1*1]
{\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]} {}
\stopcombination
}
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
Willi Egger wrote: Indeed I also get the results as you describe them. When looking at the file *.tmp then you see, that the figure is generated on the fly. When external figure is issued, then the textwidth is the base and therefore the figure ends up leftaligned. -- In such cases I prefer to have the figures prepared in a separate pdf-file by means of \startTEXpage -- \stopTEXpage. Afterwards I include the TEXpages with \externalfigure referencing the page in the file obtained. -- In my experience this makes the runs faster. willy, what do i need to install to get this example running? Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, M.J. Kallen wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to determine how to best insert a figure/graph created
using the tikz/pgf module (I'm using v1.10). The attached sample
file compares the result of just using \placefigure and \placefigure
with \startcombination[1*1]. In the first case, the result is not
centered (which should be default in ConTeXt, if I'm correct) but
flushed left. Only if I place the figure inside a \startcombination
by using \input, do I get the desired result. If I use
\externalfigure inside the \startcombination, I again get an
incorrect result.
This is because (I think) that tikzpicture does not return a box.
In theory, the first version should work but some special settings
(using e.g. \useexternalfigure) may be required. I do not know why
the second version does work. Does anyone have an idea?
Replace
{\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]}
with
{\hbox{\input \jobname-tikz.tmp\relax}}
I have noticed this \placefigure and I do not know if it is a bug or a
feature. \placefigure expects you to give a box as a figure. Compare
the output of
\placefigure
[here]
{Left Fulushed}
{This is a test}
and
\placefigure
[here]
{centered}
{\hbox{This is a test}}
Hans, will adding a \hbox explicitly to \placefigure break anything?
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Hans Hagen wrote:
willy, what do i need to install to get this example running?
You will need to install tikz from
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf/). The directory is not TDS
complaint, so you may need to correct that before installing the tree.
And of course, ignore Till Tantau's comments about ConTeXt on page
67-68 of the manual. He was working with stone age ConTeXt and still
manged to get the whole thing working :-)
And whenever you decide to overhaul the input mechanism for metapost,
tikz has some nice ideas.
Aditya
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Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
On 1/9/07, Hans Hagen wrote: Willi Egger wrote: Indeed I also get the results as you describe them. When looking at the file *.tmp then you see, that the figure is generated on the fly. When external figure is issued, then the textwidth is the base and therefore the figure ends up leftaligned. -- In such cases I prefer to have the figures prepared in a separate pdf-file by means of \startTEXpage -- \stopTEXpage. Afterwards I include the TEXpages with \externalfigure referencing the page in the file obtained. -- In my experience this makes the runs faster. willy, what do i need to install to get this example running? I guess that copying these files (at least generic and context) into texmf tree should be enough: ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf Mojca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
(abstract of Maarten-Jan's sample)
\usemodule[tikz]
\starttext
\startbuffer[tikz]
\starttikzpicture
\draw[red,thick] (0,0) -- (1,1)
{[rounded corners] -- (2,0) -- (3,1)}
-- (3,0) -- (2,1);
\stoptikzpicture
\stopbuffer
\placefigure
{The figure is flushed left, whereas it should be centered.}
{\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]}
\stoptext
Hello,
I've been playing a bit with the most simple tikz examples so far, but
after I saw this example I got an impression that ConTeXt users might
also want to see syntax like
\starttikzpicture[optional options]{name}
...
\stoptikzpicture
\usetikzpicture{name}
in addition to the existing one, which would then be equivalent to
syntax of including metapost graphics. There are dozens of other
\start[whatever] commands defined in the module, but I have no idea
what all of them do. Perhaps \startpgfpicture might be another command
worth considering, but I have no idea about the rest.
Mojca
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Re: [NTG-context] placing a tikz/pgf figure
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
(abstract of Maarten-Jan's sample)
\usemodule[tikz]
\starttext
\startbuffer[tikz]
\starttikzpicture
\draw[red,thick] (0,0) -- (1,1)
{[rounded corners] -- (2,0) -- (3,1)}
-- (3,0) -- (2,1);
\stoptikzpicture
\stopbuffer
\placefigure
{The figure is flushed left, whereas it should be centered.}
{\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]}
\stoptext
Hello,
I've been playing a bit with the most simple tikz examples so far, but
after I saw this example I got an impression that ConTeXt users might
also want to see syntax like
\starttikzpicture[optional options]{name}
...
\stoptikzpicture
\usetikzpicture{name}
in addition to the existing one, which would then be equivalent to
syntax of including metapost graphics. There are dozens of other
\start[whatever] commands defined in the module, but I have no idea
what all of them do. Perhaps \startpgfpicture might be another command
worth considering, but I have no idea about the rest.
Maybe commands along the line of metapost (so that everything is
easier to remeber)
\startreusablePGFgraphic
\startusablePGFgraphic
\startPGFcode
\startstaticPGFfigure ;)
and
\usePGFgraphic, \reusePGFgraphic, etc.
For proper integration, there should also be a mechanism to pass
\overlayheight and \overlaywidth to the pgfpicture, so that the
pgfpicture can use it.
I am just curious, does everyone use pgf for standalone graphic or has
someone also tried to use it with \framed[background=...], which works
for the most simple cases.
Aditya
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