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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Yes, I have long wanted control of line ornamentation size (as opposed to line thickness), with th2 statements like;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Bahnschrift Light Condensed",sans-serif;color:black'>line wall -scale xs...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Bahnschrift Light Condensed",sans-serif;color:black'>line floor-step xs...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>do not throw an error, but also do not have any effect on what is drawn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>They seem not to be parsed to any of the standard line metapost code. I was playing with this idea in 2012 and got nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>What if you include the scale in a line definition, like is done with the standard point definitions, and work from there?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Bahnschrift Light Condensed",sans-serif;color:black'>def p_stalagmite_UIS(expr pos,theta,sc,al) =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Bahnschrift Light Condensed",sans-serif;color:black'>def l_wall_sand_SKBB (expr P) =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>So maybe <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Bahnschrift Light Condensed",sans-serif;color:black'>def l_wall_sand_SKBB (expr P, sc) =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Bahnschrift Light Condensed",sans-serif;color:black'> if unknown sc: sc:=1; fi; %assuming parsing sc can be optional<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>is a good start? Seems like it should not be too hard -:)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I deduce that sc has already been converted from xs to 0.5 by something magic in the Therion code by the time it gets to metapost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I think scale m = 1, with the other values each scaled up or down by root 2. Therefore xs = 0.5, xl = 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll be watching with interest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>