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Metapost External Figure
I have a metapost file image.mp containing the following lines:
beginfig(0);
draw p0;
externalfigure "/Users/dsg/tex/images/image.png" xyscaled r0 shifted r1;
endfig;
When I run mptopdf scene.mp ...
3
votes
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Problem with package gmp (or with xkeyval?)
I use the "gmp" package which allows to insert MetaPost coding (placed inside an mpost or mpost* environment) in a LaTeX source file. In few words, it does approximately the same job as other packages ...
59
votes
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Fundamental differences : PSTricks, TikZ/PGF and others
OK, since this is a pretty vague and subjective question. I need to set up some borders around the discussion that I intend to benefit from. But before anything, I certainly do NOT want to excite the ...
3
votes
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Draw rounded cube
How can I draw a rounded cube using Asymptote, Metapost or anything that produces high quality graphics? A rounded cube is for example the boundary of the minkovski sum C+S where C=[-1,1]^3 and S is ...
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0answers
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Creating a colored bar chart using MetaPost or pgfplots [closed]
Right now I have this:
input graph
input sarith
beginfig(1)
draw begingraph(3cm,2cm)
gdata("data1.d", v,
path p;
augment p (v1,0);
augment p (v1,v2);
augment p (v1 Sadd ...
3
votes
1answer
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graphing problems in metapost
I have some data as follows (first and second columns) in the file mydata.d that I want to graph:
8 98826 year 2008
9 104925 year 2009
10 140153 year 2010
11 178414 year 2011
As we have ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to use mplib directly from lua?
I am trying to plot some graphics calling mplib from lualatex.
The 'standard' way is the use of luamplib package and mplibcode environment. I was wandering, is there a way to call mplib from lua ...
2
votes
1answer
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MetaUML — generate image as output
I'm planning to use MetaUML to automatically generate UML diagrams (as images) and display them.
I found that there is an utility, mptopdf, that helps generating the output as a PDF file:
mptopdf ...
10
votes
1answer
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Embedding MetaPost in LaTeX document
I have problem using the emp package in TeXlive 2010. When I try to use it with empcmds it prints contents to output. If I use emp it parser fails after first character.
Also - how should I import ...
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Is anybody using TeX for business reporting?
Would TeX (LaTeX, ConTeXt, etc) be a good solution for PDF business reports that require dynamically generated graphs and tables?
I need to create financial reports that must look top-notch in their ...
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2answers
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metapost pictures in pdflatex
To include metapost pictures in a latex file compiled by pdflatex I usually do something like
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
...
\includegraphics{filename-without-mps}
but this requires all metapost ...
9
votes
3answers
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Graphing sine function in MetaPost
I'm trying to reconstruct this picture in MetaPost:
So far came up with this:
draw (-1cm,0)--(3cm,0);
draw (0,1cm)--(0,-1cm);
draw fullcircle scaled 1.8cm;
label(btex $y$ etex,(0,1.2cm));
...
