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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks Martin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have made a clumsy crude attempt at getting therion’s
version and compile date into the map header/legend, as in the attached file, layout
and image below. Hopefully ready for the new ‘thversion’
variable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I can see that the metapost variables year month etc
are there, but not sure how to access them, presumably via <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">tex</st1:place></st1:State>, to get them into the header.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>One way would be to modify the legend symbol to include
the compile date –really messy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Another way would be to make a new entity like the
north arrow or scalebar, and include it in the legend – not sure how to
do this or if therion would recognise it if I did.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Or can <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">tex</st1:State></st1:place>
extract the mpost variables directly?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Any good ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>You can probably tell that I’m not much of a
coder…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>layout LayoutEnterExperimentalVersionDate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>#check and enter the current th version and date each
time you compile<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> code tex-map<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> \newtoks\thversion
\thversion={5.3.8}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> \newtoks\today
\today={24Jun2011}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> endcode<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> copy
LayoutExperimentalHeader #from LayoutStandards: sets up for inclusion of the above<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>endlayout LayoutEnterExperimentalVersionDate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img width=303 height=85 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:image003.jpg@01CC3334.E0F94410"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img width=303 height=197 id="_x0000_i1026"
src="cid:image004.jpg@01CC3334.E0F94410"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Is it possible to expose the version number of
therion to metapost?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>this could be added<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> And the current system date and time?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>there are following internal numeric variables in
metapost:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>hour, minute, day, month, year<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>martin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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