Re: [Texmacs-dev] Metapost labels

[Joris van der Hoeven]

> I'm writing to point out a problem with TeXmacs' handling of
> metapost generated encapsulated postscript files.
>
> Metapost labels do not seem to be possible to use with
> TeXmacs.
>
> It is probably not very important for metapost labels to be
> displayed in the TeXmacs window, but it seems essential
> for the exported postscript file to display them. Labels
> are an important metapost feature.
>
> The metapost generated .eps file does not include bitmapped
> fonts corresponding to the tex fonts used in the
> labels. Dvips handles this by itself generating font
> bitmaps. These are missing from the TeXmacs generated
> postscript file.
>
> For definiteness I'm including a simple metapost file
> using labels and a tex file which correctly displays the
> figure. If you run tex and dvips you will get a good
> postscript file. But I am unable to use such a metapost
> file with TeXmacs.

Maybe that TeXmacs suppresses some of the comments
which are necessary for the automatic generation of
the fonts? Isn't there are a tool around which transforms
these dynamic fonts into bitmap fonts or something
else non virtual?

<Joris>

> ------------------ weights.mp ------------------
>
> beginfig(1);
> sx:=45; sy:=45;
> z0=(0,0);
> z1=(sx,0);
> z2=(-.5sx,.866sy);
> z3=z1+z2;
> z4=-z1;
> z5=-z2;
> z6=-z3;
> z7=(1/3)*(z1+z3);
> z8=(1/3)*(z2+z3);
> fill 3.5*z7--z0--3.5*z8--cycle withcolor .9white;
> draw 3.5*z7--z0--3.5*z8;
> pickup pencircle scaled 2
> drawdot z7;
> drawdot z8;
> pickup pencircle scaled 3.5;
> drawdot z1;
> drawdot z2;
> drawdot z3;
> drawdot z4;
> drawdot z5;
> drawdot z6;
> label.rt(btex $\alpha_1$ etex, z1);
> label.top(btex $\alpha_2$ etex, z2);
> label.rt(btex $\epsilon_1$ etex, z7);
> label.lft(btex $\epsilon_2$ etex, z8);
> label(btex $\cal C_+$ etex, .5*z3+1.75*z7);
> endfig;
>
> ------------------ test.tex ---------------------
>
> \magnification=1200
> \input epsf
>
> \line{\epsffile{weights.1}}
> \bye
>
>
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