It could be quite simple - just to add to NSS symbol set point symbol for height, there is no one defined yet.

Then you choose in thconfig NSS symbol set. 

Try to generate symbol sets table from compiler of Therion - see Thbook. 

Martin S.




20. 9. 2018 v 13:32, Bill Gee via Therion <therion@speleo.sk>:

Hi Martin -

Now that is an interesting idea!  Most of the symbols used in Missouri are 
UIS, so that would serve as the starting point.

Is there any documentation on how to create an entire symbol set?

And my original question is still there ...  How can I create a symbol that 
puts a number inside a square box?

-- 
Bill Gee



On Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:37:42 AM CDT Martin Sluka via Therion 
wrote:
The correct way could be to define “Missoury symbol set” as one of defaults
for Therion.

It should be more simple than user symbol, because it will work with
contents menus.

Martin S.

Odesláno z iPhonu

20. 9. 2018 v 1:05, Bill Gee via Therion <therion@speleo.sk>:
Hi Andrew -

I have defined several of my own symbols such as a pendant and popcorn
with
hollow circles.  I could easily define a custom point that would display a
square box.

But then how to get the value displayed inside the box?  And how to make
the box scale according to the number of digits it contains?  And will
Therion do unit conversions like it does for the passage-height object? 
That's why I was looking for the existing code.  If I can find it, then
it is probably pretty easy to modify.

Yes that is probably possible, however, using a defined symbol for
something else is probably not the right answer. Therion allows you to
define your own points.

From the wiki

point u:xxxx where xxxx is the name of a user defined symbol that you
have
defined or referenced in a layout.

The actual definition seems to be beyond me at the moment, let me sleep
on
it, but hopefully a more skillful person will have the answer.

Andrew

On Wed, 19 Sep 2018, 22:28 Bill Gee via Therion, <therion@speleo.sk>
wrote:
Hello everyone -

A common convention around Missouri cave mapping is to indicate the
height
change of a floor step by enclosing the value in a square box.  This is
not
the same as ceiling height which is enclosed in a circle or oval.

I have been using the object "point height" for this.  It works except
there
is nothing around the value.  It just hangs out in space, so to speak.

I used the "-d" option to dump all the MetaPost and TeX code.  I find no
references in any of the files to objects of type height or
passage-height,
which implies that these two objects are not generated by MetaPost.

Is it possible to redefine the "point height" symbol so it draws a
square
box
around the value?

Thanks!
--
Bill Gee




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