[Therion] Height numbers in square boxes

[Martin Sluka]

Please contact Martin Budaj. 

Odesláno z iPhonu

20. 9. 2018 v 13:32, Bill Gee via Therion <therion at 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 at 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 at 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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