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\startuseMPgraphic

Syntax (autogenerated)

\startuseMPgraphic{...}{...,...} ... \stopuseMPgraphic
{...}name
{...,...}key


Syntax

\startuseMPgraphic{...}
%% MetaPost code
\stopuseMPgraphic
{...} name under which the graphic will be known


Description

Define code for a MetaPost graphic. The graphic can be placed in the document with \useMPgraphic, and will be recompiled every time it is placed.

If a custom MetaPost instance (defined with \defineMPinstance) should be used, the name of the graphic has to be preceded by the name of the MetaPost instance, with a double colon in between: \startuseMPgraphic{instancename::graphicname}.

Example

\def\mycolor{.625red}

\defineMPinstance
  [myinstance]
  [metafun]

\startuseMPgraphic{myinstance::name}
  fill fullcircle scaled 20pt withcolor \mycolor;
\stopuseMPgraphic

\startuseMPgraphic{name}
  fill fullcircle scaled 20pt withcolor \mycolor;
\stopuseMPgraphic

red: \useMPgraphic{name}
red: \useMPgraphic{myinstance::name}

\def\mycolor{.625blue}
blue: \useMPgraphic{name}


The command is very nice for defining overlays that vary randomly:

\startuseMPgraphic{randomcolor}
	fill unitsquare
		xyscaled (\overlaywidth, \overlayheight)
                % `uniformdeviate 1` produces a random number between 0 and 1
		withcolor (uniformdeviate 1, uniformdeviate 1, uniformdeviate 1);
\stopuseMPgraphic

\defineoverlay
	[beta]
	[\useMPgraphic{randomcolor}]

\dontleavehmode
\framed[background=beta]{randomcolor}
\framed[background=beta]{randomcolor}
\framed[background=beta]{rather wide}

 


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