Command/startuniqueMPgraphic

\startuniqueMPgraphic ... \stopuniqueMPgraphic

Summary

The environment \startuniqueMPgraphic ... \stopuniqueMPgraphic is used to define a MP graphic.

Settings

\startuniqueMPgraphic{...}{...,...} ... \stopuniqueMPgraphic
{...}	name
{...,...}	key

Description

Define code for a MetaPost graphic. The graphic can be placed in the document with \uniqueMPgraphic. Every time any of the following variables changes, the graphic is recompiled:

• \overlaywidth
• \overlayheight
• \overlaydepth
• \overlaycolor
• \overlaylinecolor

Examples

Example 1

• \def\mycolor{.625red}
  
  \startuniqueMPgraphic{name}
    fill fullcircle scaled 20pt withcolor \mycolor;
  \stopuniqueMPgraphic
  
  red: \uniqueMPgraphic{name}
  
  \def\mycolor{.625blue}
  blue: \uniqueMPgraphic{name}
  

• 

This illustrates the fact that graphic is reused if the dimensions don't change.

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

• 

See also

• meta-ini.mkiv
• \startreusableMPgraphic
• \startstaticMPfigure

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