Command/startreusableMPgraphic

\startreusableMPgraphic ... \stopreusableMPgraphic

Summary

The environment \startreusableMPgraphic ... \stopreusableMPgraphic is used to define MP graphics.

Settings

\startreusableMPgraphic{...}{...,...} ... \stopreusableMPgraphic
{...}	name
{...,...}	key

Description

Define code for a MetaPost graphic. The graphic is compiled once, and can be reused multiple times with \reuseMPgraphic.

Examples

Example 1

• \def\mycolor{.625red}
  
  \startreusableMPgraphic{name}
    fill fullcircle scaled 20pt withcolor \mycolor;
  \stopreusableMPgraphic
  
  red: \reuseMPgraphic{name}
  
  \def\mycolor{.625blue}
  blue: \reuseMPgraphic{name}
  

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The command is generally not very suitable for defining an Overlays that must vary in width:

• \startreusableMPgraphic{beta}
  	fill unitsquare
  		xyscaled (\overlaywidth, \overlayheight)
                  % `uniformdeviate 1` produces a random number between 0 and 1
  		withcolor (uniformdeviate 1, uniformdeviate 1, uniformdeviate 1);
  \stopreusableMPgraphic
  
  \defineoverlay
  	[beta]
  	[\reuseMPgraphic{beta}]
  
  \dontleavehmode
  \framed[background=beta]{narrow} ...
  \framed[background=beta]{mini} ...
  \framed[background=beta]{rather wide}
  

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See also

• meta-ini.mkiv
• \startuniqueMPgraphic

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