Metapost problem: It seems that sometxt and textext behave different.This is my macro:% Label with text and centerpositionvardef [EMAIL PROTECTED](expr labeltext, pos) = save pic; picture pic; if picture labeltext: pic := labeltext; else: if labeltext = "": pic := nullpicture; else: % preve
Hans van der Meer wrote:
> Metapost problem: It seems that sometxt and textext behave different.
Yes, they are different. sometxt only works for TeX-only labels.
If you need a MetaPost variable in the label, you have to use textext.
Greetings, Taco
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On 7/16/06, Hans van der Meer wrote:
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> Thus while textext delivers a picture sometxt does not. This seems strange,
> because I understood that sometxt was meant as a dropin replacement for
> textext (except for MP loops, as Hans Hagen mentioned in a previous email).
> Is this correct or do I have
