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\startMPcode ... \stopMPcode

Summary

The environment \startMPcode ... \stopMPcode is used for Metapost inline graphics.

Settings

\startMPcode{...} ... \stopMPcode
{...}metafun minifun extrafun lessfun doublefun binaryfun decimalfun mprun metapost nofun doublepost binarypost decimalpost simplefun

Description

\startMPcode simply runs some MetaPost code and immediately inserts the resulting graphic. Optionally, you can specify a MetaPost instance to use; see \defineMPinstance.

Examples

Example 1

This is the origin and radius of a circle:

\startMPcode
    draw fullcircle scaled 2cm ;
    dotlabel.bot(textext("(0,0)"),origin) ;
\stopMPcode
\startMPcode
    draw fullcircle scaled 2cm ;
    drawarrow (0,0)--(1cm,0) ;
    label.bot(textext("$r$"),(5mm,0)) ;
\stopMPcode

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