I've just tried this again and it's fine so I must have been doing something wrong.
Dave Clucas daveclucas.com mycaves.org. On 14 Jan 2013, at 21:25, therion-request at speleo.sk wrote: > Send Therion mailing list submissions to > therion at speleo.sk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > therion-request at speleo.sk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > therion-owner at speleo.sk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Therion digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: point:passage-height (Marco Corvi) > 2. Re: point:passage-height (Martin Sluka) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:15:21 -0800 (PST) > From: Marco Corvi <marco_corvi at yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Therion] point:passage-height > To: List for Therion users <therion at speleo.sk> > Message-ID: > <1358165721.27508.YahooMailNeo at web120301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > hi bruce, > > passage-height goes with modes 2, 3, 4, and 5 > > dave might redefine the mpost macros scaling the label (lab) in a custom > layout. > > marco > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz> > To: 'List for Therion users' <therion at speleo.sk> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Therion] point:passage-height > > > > Dave > The key to modifying the symbol definition > may lie in the file thText.mp in the sources > ? > Ie Here is the code from 5.3.9 as an > example > ? > vardef p_label@#(expr txt,pos,rot,mode) = > ? if (mode=1) or (mode=7): interim > labeloffset:=(u/8) fi; > ? lab:=thelabel@#(txt, pos); > ? if mode>1: pickup PenD fi; > ? if mode=1: > ??? pickup pencircle scaled > (u/6); > ??? drawdot(pos); > ??? process_label(pos,0); > ? elseif mode=2: > process_uplabel;?????? > ? elseif mode=3: process_downlabel; > ? elseif mode=4: process_updownlabel; > ? elseif mode=5: > process_circledlabel; > ? elseif mode=6: process_boxedlabel; > ? elseif mode=7: > process_label(pos,rot);? % station name > ? elseif mode=8: > process_filledlabel(pos, rot); > ? else: process_label(pos,rot); fi; > enddef; > ? > I have not looked into how it works, but I?m > guessing the ?point height? and ?point passage-height? > labels are one of the ?modes? above, and that the processes called > are default metapost routines.? Too complicated for me to unravel. > ? > BTW shouldn?t you be using ?point > height? to indicate the height of cobble banks, rather than ?point > passage-height?? (Probably the same symbol size issue will apply). > ? > Also, as a path to a possible work around, > I think the AUT symbol set includes the option to label ?line pit? > (or is it ?line wall:pit?)?? I have never managed to get it to > work ? but have not tried too hard either. > ? > Bruce > ? > > ________________________________ > > From:therion-bounces at speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] On > Behalf Of Dave Clucas > Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2013 > 12:59 a.m. > To: therion at speleo.sk > Subject: Re: [Therion] > point:passage-height > ? > Footleg - I'm not using the symbol to control the passage height, I'm > using it to show the depth of a trench in a gravel bank. > Vasily - I'm already using base-scale to control the size of other symbols > but this one is too big. I need to make it smaller without changing all the > symbols. The size is probably related to the font size but again I'm happy > with > the font size for labels etc, I just want to change this particular symbol. > ? > Dave Clucas > daveclucas.com > mycaves.org. > ? > ? > ? > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion at speleo.sk > http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20130114/29ae6ad0/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:36:48 +0100 > From: Martin Sluka <martinsluka at mac.com> > Subject: Re: [Therion] point:passage-height > To: List for Therion users <therion at speleo.sk> > Message-ID: <9FA52187-02F7-4917-8490-06B891F1A2A1 at mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Marco Corvi <marco_corvi at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> dave might redefine the mpost macros scaling the label (lab) in a custom >> layout. > > It looks the xs s and m scale are not enough differenced - see attachment > > m. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20130114/72a7064b/attachment.htm> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: cave.pdf > Type: application/pdf > Size: 15647 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20130114/72a7064b/attachment.pdf> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20130114/72a7064b/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion at speleo.sk > http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion > > > End of Therion Digest, Vol 85, Issue 21 > *************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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