[Therion] create area filled with a colour

[Mihai Terente]

Dear Bruce,

Thanks for the answer, it was exactly was I was looking for.
I am new to therion and I have to admit that I didn't read the whole
documentation, yet.

Mihai



On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz> wrote:
> If you want to create a user defined area, you could copy the area water
> code from here http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost
> And modify it like this say...
>
>  code metapost
>    def a_u_myarea (expr p) =
>      T:=identity;
>      thfill p withcolor black;  % or 0.5green + 0.1red for example
>    enddef;
>  endcode
>
> initsymbol("a_u_myarea ")
>
> #to include the new symbol in the legend...
> code metapost
> def a_u_myarea_legend =
>  a_u_myarea(<some appropriate code in here>)
> enddef;
> endcode
>
>>Dear friends,
>
>>Is there a way to create a simple filled area? Suppose I want to
>>create a black area enclosed by a line of type border to draw the
>>outline of a pillar, which is to big to be represented as a point
>>symbol.
>
>>Mihai T.
>
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