Hello, meanwhile i tried to play more with this. I'm nearly there, however i still have no clue how to read out the text attribute i attached to the symbol in the th2. "txt := ATTR__text;" throws metapost out the window. The point is defined like this: point 234.0909090909091 626.3636363636364 u:mappe -attr text 1234 Layout i came up with so far (does not support scaling/alignment/rotation, but thats fine so far): --------------------- layout m # Symbol to denote assigned survey. # If option -attr text <string> is given, it will be used; otherwise current survey is shown. code metapost def p_u_mappe(expr pos, theta, sc, al) = T:=identity aligned al rotated theta scaled sc shifted pos; % GET LABEL TEXT: string txt; txt := "123"; %txt := ATTR__text; % does not work. How do i get the value from ' -attr text "345" '? if known(ATTR__text): txt := ATTR_text; % NEVER evaluates to TRUE!?!? else: txt := ATTR__survey; fi; % DRAW LABEL: lab:=thelabel(txt, pos); process_label(pos, 0.001); % BORDER: pickup PenA; % border thickness interim bboxmargin:=6.5bp; % padding border->text q:=((bbox lab) smoothed 4); % smoothness of corners draw q; enddef; initsymbol("p_u_mappe"); endcode endlayout --------------------- Am 2020-02-19 18:34, schrieb Benedikt Hallinger:
Hi there, i need some new point symbol (text label). Its a simple text on white color within a box with rounded corners, like the attached image.
My metapostskills are not good enough to get this to work...
For now i would be happy to have such a user point symbol. It would be important that it scales well and react to xtherions direction setting.
Optional it would be cool if the default symbol could show the current survey identifier of the nearest station in the scrap and maybe also the nearest next survey. But this information could also be maintained manually for now.
Is there someone here for my rescue? :) Thanks in advance, Beni