From - Mon Sep 2 08:13:14 2002 Return-Path: Received: from maties2.sun.ac.za (maties2.sun.ac.za [146.232.128.10]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g826D5l85454 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:13:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za ([146.232.41.45]) by maties2.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17lkSL-0004fX-00 for metafont@ens.fr; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 08:13:01 +0200 Received: (from dirk@localhost) by siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g826Fa511104 for metafont@ens.fr; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:15:36 +0200 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:15:36 +0200 From: Dirk Laurie To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020902081536.B11089@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Reply-To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *17lkSL-0004fX-00*ckUxItceJ.g* X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 566 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Euler math font Is there any way that I can persuade MetaPost to set something like btex $O_1$ etex in (a) the Euler mathematics font (b) more generally, whatever mathematics font is in effect in LaTeX after some \usepackage{...}? Dirk Laurie From - Tue Sep 3 15:39:29 2002 Return-Path: Received: from maties1.sun.ac.za (maties1.sun.ac.za [146.232.128.1]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g83DdJl55676 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:39:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za ([146.232.41.45]) by maties1.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17mDtc-0006cG-00 for metafont@ens.fr; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 15:39:08 +0200 Received: (from dirk@localhost) by siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g83Dfpm15378 for metafont@ens.fr; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:41:51 +0200 Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:41:51 +0200 From: Dirk Laurie To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020903154151.A15353@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Reply-To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *17mDtc-0006cG-00*KnBCm2xoHXs* X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 567 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Formatting for messages Is there some builtin macro that will (a) turn a pair into a string, i.e. the equivalent of def disp(expr z) = % z is a pair "(" & (decimal (xpart z)) & "," & (decimal (ypart z)) & ")" enddef; (b) turn the type of a parameter into a string, i.e. something a little like vardef type(expr s) = if pair s: "pair" else: "impair" fi enddef; It feels very much like re-inventing the wheel to use such definitions, since clearly MetaFont's messages show that such functionality is available to the interpreter. Dirk From - Tue Sep 3 16:57:39 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mailhost.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.66]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g83EvUl70290 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:57:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from comp.uark.edu (comp.uark.edu [130.184.5.197]) by mailhost.uark.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 0.9 (built Jul 29 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H1V003TQAVTO4@mailhost.uark.edu> for metafont@ens.fr; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 09:57:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from luecking@localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g83EvSI11553; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 09:57:28 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 09:57:28 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel H. Luecking" Subject: Re: [metafont] Euler math font In-Reply-To: <20020902081536.B11089@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> To: Metafont distribution list Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 568 Precedence: list On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Dirk Laurie wrote: > Is there any way that I can persuade MetaPost to set something > like > btex $O_1$ etex > in (a) the Euler mathematics font > (b) more generally, whatever mathematics font is in effect > in LaTeX after some \usepackage{...}? verbatimtex \documentclass{article}% for example \usepackage{eulervm}% for example \begin{document} etex Then run mpost after setting TEX=latex. Dan -- Dan Luecking Dept. of Mathematical Sciences luecking@uark.edu University of Arkansas http://comp.uark.edu/~luecking/ Fayetteville, AR 72101 From - Tue Sep 3 17:32:45 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mailhost.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.66]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g83FWal77023 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:32:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from comp.uark.edu (comp.uark.edu [130.184.5.197]) by mailhost.uark.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 0.9 (built Jul 29 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H1V0031TBXCRN@mailhost.uark.edu> for metafont@ens.fr; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 10:20:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from luecking@localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g83FJxj16863; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 10:19:59 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 10:19:59 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel H. Luecking" Subject: Re: [metafont] Formatting for messages In-Reply-To: <20020903154151.A15353@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> To: Metafont distribution list Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 569 Precedence: list On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Dirk Laurie wrote: > Is there some builtin macro that will > > (a) turn a pair into a string, i.e. the equivalent of > > def disp(expr z) = % z is a pair > "(" & (decimal (xpart z)) & "," & (decimal (ypart z)) & ")" > enddef; None "built in" to metapost, but the above seems perfectly reasonable to me. > (b) turn the type of a parameter into a string, i.e. something a little like > > vardef type(expr s) = > if pair s: "pair" else: "impair" fi > enddef; Do you want the exact string values "pair" and "impair"? If so, this should work just fine. If you want any one of metaposts several types, then you need a multiple-branch if...:...elseif...:...else:...fi. Again, there is nothing built in to metapost. I do seem to recall something along these lines in some macro file, but I cant recall offhand where. > > It feels very much like re-inventing the wheel to use such definitions, > since clearly MetaFont's messages show that such functionality Unfortunately, Knuth left these out (of metafont), deciding either they were unnecesary or could be realized as definitions. And John Hobby presumably wanted to keep the differences between metafont and metapost minimal. Dan -- Dan Luecking Dept. of Mathematical Sciences luecking@uark.edu University of Arkansas http://comp.uark.edu/~luecking/ Fayetteville, AR 72101 From - Wed Sep 4 09:01:58 2002 Return-Path: Received: from maties2.sun.ac.za (maties2.sun.ac.za [146.232.128.10]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g8471jl01796 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:01:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za ([146.232.41.45]) by maties2.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17mTxM-000099-00 for metafont@ens.fr; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 08:48:04 +0200 Received: (from dirk@localhost) by siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g846oe516317 for metafont@ens.fr; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:50:40 +0200 Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:50:40 +0200 From: Dirk Laurie To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Reply-To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *17mTxM-000099-00*a7NQTY/cUJ2* X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 570 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] How unknown is a pair? Is there a way to distinguish between the number of unknows left in a pair? E.g. interactively I can see *pair A; show A; >> (xpart A,ypart A) two unknowns, and after giving an equation: *A=whatever[(1,2),(3,5)]; show A; >> (0.66667ypart A-0.33334,ypart A) one unknown. But the known/unknown functions do not distinguish the cases. I can think of several ways, all clumsy, to write a routine for this (e.g. try to calculate an intersection with a random line through the origin: chance of that line being parallel is small) but I'm hoping there is some basic function or register that one can just interrogate. Dirk From - Wed Sep 4 13:00:21 2002 Return-Path: Received: from maties1.sun.ac.za (maties1.sun.ac.za [146.232.128.1]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g84B0Al43129 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:00:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za ([146.232.41.45]) by maties1.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17mXtI-0004tk-00 for metafont@ens.fr; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 13:00:08 +0200 Received: (from dirk@localhost) by siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g84B2qP17095 for metafont@ens.fr; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:02:52 +0200 Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:02:52 +0200 From: Dirk Laurie To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020904130252.A17040@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Reply-To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za References: <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za>; from dpl@sun.ac.za on Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:50:40AM +0200 X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *17mXtI-0004tk-00*yeti01m8knc* X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 571 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] The MetaFont uncertainty principle? Suppose you have a semi-unknown point (a point with one unknown), e.g. show Z; >> (0.66667ypart Z-0.33334,ypart Z) Then although Z determines a very particular straight line, it seems to be impossible to find more than one known point on that line. Any of the following would allow one to do so, but all seem to be impossible: * Saving the original equation for Z and recovering it after saying Z=(x,0); * Extracting the coefficients a, b, c in the equation a*(xpart Z) + b*(ypart Z) + c = 0 * Cloning the point, i.e. constructing the semi-unknown point (0.66667ypart Y-0.33334,ypart Y) Of course, there's nothing to it if the information leading to the construction of Z (e.g. Z=whatever[A,B];) is still available. Have I missed something? Dirk From - Wed Sep 4 15:38:35 2002 Return-Path: Received: from macker.loria.fr (macker.loria.fr [152.81.1.70]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g84DcOl68558 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:38:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.loria.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAFF74E9E; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:38:23 +0200 (MEST) X-Amavix: Anti-virus check done by McAfee X-Amavix: Scanned by Amavix Received: from auxerois.loria.fr (auxerois.loria.fr [152.81.144.16]) by macker.loria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2EF44E3A; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:38:20 +0200 (MEST) Received: from loria.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by auxerois.loria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3-client/JCG) with SMTP id PAA28509; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:38:20 +0200 (MET DST) From: Received: from 202.88.239.187 (SquirrelMail authenticated user roegel) by www.loria.fr with HTTP; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:38:20 -0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <32929.202.88.239.187.1031146700.squirrel@www.loria.fr> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:38:20 -0200 (MET DST) Subject: Re: [metafont] How unknown is a pair? To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za In-Reply-To: <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> References: <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Cc: dpl@sun.ac.za, metafont@ens.fr, Denis.Roegel@loria.fr X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.0.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 572 Precedence: list > Is there a way to distinguish between the number of unknows left in a > pair? > > E.g. interactively I can see > > *pair A; show A; >>> (xpart A,ypart A) > > two unknowns, and after giving an equation: > > *A=whatever[(1,2),(3,5)]; show A; >>> (0.66667ypart A-0.33334,ypart A) > > one unknown. But the known/unknown functions do not distinguish the > cases. > > I can think of several ways, all clumsy, to write a routine for this > (e.g. try to calculate an intersection with a random line through the > origin: chance of that line being parallel is small) but I'm hoping > there is some basic function or register that one can just interrogate. > If you know the name of the unknown(s), make a copy of it (them), and of the expression that depends on it (them). Do these copies with :=. Then, give a value to ypart A, if ypart A is unknown, and check if the whole expression (or xpart A) is still unknown. Of course, this destroys the previous state, but I think you can recover it from the saved values. I can't check that right now. Denis Roegel From - Wed Sep 4 15:45:33 2002 Return-Path: Received: from macker.loria.fr (macker.loria.fr [152.81.1.70]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g84DjNl69975 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:45:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.loria.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EE324E9E; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:45:23 +0200 (MEST) X-Amavix: Anti-virus check done by McAfee X-Amavix: Scanned by Amavix Received: from auxerois.loria.fr (auxerois.loria.fr [152.81.144.16]) by macker.loria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6274E9E; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:45:21 +0200 (MEST) Received: from loria.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by auxerois.loria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3-client/JCG) with SMTP id PAA28778; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:45:21 +0200 (MET DST) From: Received: from 202.88.239.187 (SquirrelMail authenticated user roegel) by www.loria.fr with HTTP; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:45:21 -0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <32944.202.88.239.187.1031147121.squirrel@www.loria.fr> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:45:21 -0200 (MET DST) Subject: Re: [metafont] Formatting for messages To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za In-Reply-To: <20020903154151.A15353@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> References: <20020903154151.A15353@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Cc: dpl@sun.ac.za, metafont@ens.fr, Denis.Roegel@loria.fr X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.0.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 573 Precedence: list > Is there some builtin macro that will > > (a) turn a pair into a string, i.e. the equivalent of > > def disp(expr z) = % z is a pair > "(" & (decimal (xpart z)) & "," & (decimal (ypart z)) & ")" > enddef; > > (b) turn the type of a parameter into a string, i.e. something a little > like > > vardef type(expr s) = > if pair s: "pair" else: "impair" fi > enddef; > > It feels very much like re-inventing the wheel to use such definitions, > since clearly MetaFont's messages show that such functionality is > available to the interpreter. I don't think there is any of these. I have actually needed some of these functions at various times, in my metapost packages. You might want to peruse the code of metaobj.mp, for instance. I also deal a lot with `whatever' intricacies. Denis Roegel From - Wed Sep 4 21:15:32 2002 Return-Path: Received: from pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net (pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.122]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g84JFJl21986 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:15:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pool0282.cvx15-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.45.27] helo=localhost.localdomain) by pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17mfcT-0001uU-00 for metafont@ens.fr; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 12:15:18 -0700 Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:21:23 -0700 From: Ben Crowell To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020904122123.22dcf9a9.crowell02@lightandmatter.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 574 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] getting off the list Sorry to post this to the whole list, but I've been trying for a long time to unsubscribe, and haven't been able to do it. All I get is automated replies that don't tell me how to unsubscribe. Can anyone tell me how to do it? From - Thu Sep 12 15:49:22 2002 Return-Path: Received: from maties1.sun.ac.za (maties1.sun.ac.za [146.232.128.1]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g8CDn6l46667 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:49:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za ([146.232.41.45]) by maties1.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pUL1-000633-00 for metafont@ens.fr; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:48:55 +0200 Received: (from dirk@localhost) by siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g8CDpex01471 for metafont@ens.fr; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:51:40 +0200 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:51:40 +0200 From: Dirk Laurie To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020912155140.A1459@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Reply-To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za References: <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> <20020904130252.A17040@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020904130252.A17040@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za>; from dpl@sun.ac.za on Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:02:52PM +0200 X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *17pUL1-000633-00*rYcKaRAFmpk* X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 575 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Generalizing the labels macro In plain.mf one finds: vardef labels@#(text t) = if proofing>1: forsuffixes $=t: makelabel@#(str$,z$); endfor fi enddef; Taking one's cue from this, a macro like vardef foos(text t) = forsuffixes $=t:foo(z$); endfor enddef; will give the effect of foo(z1); foo(z2); foo(z3); if you write foos(1,2,3); Suppose for example foo is defined as vardef foo(text t) = show str t; enddef; you get foos(1,2,3); >> "z1" >> "z2" >> "z3" Now I would like to write a macro foobars that will give the effect of foo(z1); foo(z2); foo(z3); if I write foobars(z)(1,2,3); My first six or so attempts failed miserably. Dirk From - Thu Sep 12 20:44:19 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mailhost.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.66]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g8CIiBl03065 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 20:44:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mathdancer.uark.edu (mathdancer.uark.edu [130.184.55.45]) by mailhost.uark.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 0.9 (built Jul 29 2002)) with SMTP id <0H2C000319DIXC@mailhost.uark.edu> for metafont@nef.ens.fr; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:44:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:43:47 -0500 From: "Daniel H.Luecking" Subject: Re: [metafont] Generalizing the labels macro In-Reply-To: <20020912155140.A1459@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> X-Sender: luecking@mail.uark.edu (Unverified) To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020912134347.007b6800@mail.uark.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <"from dpl"@sun.ac.za> <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> <20020904130252.A17040@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 576 Precedence: list At 03:51 PM 9/12/02 +0200, you wrote: [...] >vardef foos(text t) = > forsuffixes $=t:foo(z$); endfor > enddef; > >will give the effect of > foo(z1); foo(z2); foo(z3); > >if you write > foos(1,2,3); > [...] > >Now I would like to write a macro foobars that will give >the effect of > foo(z1); foo(z2); foo(z3); > >if I write > foobars(z)(1,2,3); > >My first six or so attempts failed miserably. Doesn't this do what you want? def foobars (suffix z) (text t) = forsuffixes $=t: foo(z$); endfor enddef; It seems to work here. Dan -- Daniel H. Luecking luecking@uark.edu Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701-1201 From - Sun Sep 15 12:18:07 2002 Return-Path: Received: from macker.loria.fr (macker.loria.fr [152.81.1.70]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g8FAHxl82082 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:17:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.loria.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id B395A4A9B; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:17:59 +0200 (MEST) X-Amavix: Anti-virus check done by McAfee X-Amavix: Scanned by Amavix Received: from bar.loria.fr (bar.loria.fr [152.81.2.13]) by macker.loria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C6FA4B85; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:17:58 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from roegel@localhost) by bar.loria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3-client/JCG) id MAA19905; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:17:58 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:17:58 +0200 From: "Denis B. Roegel" To: metafont@ens.fr Cc: "Denis B. Roegel" Message-Id: <20020915121758.A18670@bar.loria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.1i X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 577 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] metapost article Hello, the article and the presentation on metapost I made at TUG 2002 are now available at http://www.loria.fr/~roegel/TeX/tug2002-roegel.pdf http://www.loria.fr/~roegel/TeX/trivandrum-slides.pdf Have fun! Denis From - Mon Sep 16 08:42:12 2002 Return-Path: Received: from maties2.sun.ac.za (maties2.sun.ac.za [146.232.128.10]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g8G6g1l21110 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:42:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za ([146.232.41.45]) by maties2.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17qpa2-0007zu-00; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:41:58 +0200 Received: (from dirk@localhost) by siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za (8.11.6/8.11.0) id g8G6iqO15994; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:44:52 +0200 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:44:52 +0200 From: Dirk Laurie To: "Daniel H.Luecking" Cc: metafont@ens.fr Subject: Re: [metafont] Generalizing the labels macro Message-Id: <20020916084452.A15918@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> Reply-To: dirk@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za References: <"from <20020904085040.A16253@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> <20020904130252.A17040@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> <20020912155140.A1459@siegfried.wisk.sun.ac.za> <3.0.6.32.20020912134347.007b6800@mail.uark.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020912134347.007b6800@mail.uark.edu>; from luecking@uark.edu on Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 01:43:47PM -0500 X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *17qpa2-0007zu-00*0az2Si97tfA* X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 578 Precedence: list Daniel H.Luecking skryf: > At 03:51 PM 9/12/02 +0200, you wrote: > [...] > > > >Now I would like to write a macro foobars that will give > >the effect of > > foo(z1); foo(z2); foo(z3); > > > >if I write > > foobars(z)(1,2,3); > > > >My first six or so attempts failed miserably. > > Doesn't this do what you want? > > def foobars (suffix z) (text t) = > forsuffixes $=t: > foo(z$); > endfor > enddef; > Yes, it does exactly what I want. I would NEVER have thought of trying that! In e.g. 'a' obviously '1' and 'a' are suffixes, but my linguistic prejudices simply would not allow me to think of calling 'z' a suffix too. Thanks. Dirk