Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 14:04:14 schrieb Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz>:
Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 00:36:39 schrieb Christian Rößler:
- I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would thanks, then I know I haven't overlooked something in the interface. I searched and found the Example 'l_u_fault' on bottom http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost, which I should be able to 'misuse'. But it dows not yield a dashed line (which would be perfect), but a thick, red line in the pdf output. This does not seem to be a problem of the matepost code snippet, as the strata example above (second from bottom) yields the same red line. sorry, I forgot: Is this the correct way to access this metapost modfification: I choose 'line', 'u', type 'u', options: "-subtype l_u_fault"? (see attached screen shot)
Red output means therion thinks the symbol is undefined. In this case you should correct your syntax and enter u:fault or u -subtype fault for a definition like def l_u_fault
Thanks, Bruce! Now, with a little procedure name change and a text substitution for the legend - lo and behold! I got my Erzgang (ore vein). And not only one, many of them; miner's delight :). My mine surveys are starting to get really useful now. And now onto point symbol redefinition! Best regards, and Glückauf (or what the caver's greet:), Christian