<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>hi bruce,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>passage-height goes with modes 2, 3, 4, and 5</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>dave might redefine the mpost macros scaling the
 label (lab) in a custom layout.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>marco</span></div><div><br></div>  <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1">  <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'List for Therion users' <therion@speleo.sk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:57 PM<br> <b><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Therion] point:passage-height<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">The key to modifying the symbol definition
may lie in the file <a target="_blank" href="http://thtext.mp/">thText.mp</a> in the sources</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">Ie Here is the code from 5.3.9 as an
example</span></font></div> 

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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">vardef p_label@#(expr txt,pos,rot,mode) =</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  if (mode=1) or (mode=7): interim
labeloffset:=(u/8) fi;</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  lab:=thelabel@#(txt, pos);</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  if mode>1: pickup PenD fi;</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  if mode=1:</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">    pickup pencircle scaled
(u/6);</span></font></div> 

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font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">    drawdot(pos);</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">    process_label(pos,0);</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=2:
process_uplabel;       </span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=3: process_downlabel;</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=4: process_updownlabel;</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=5:
process_circledlabel;</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=6: process_boxedlabel;</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=7:
process_label(pos,rot);  % station name</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  elseif mode=8:
process_filledlabel(pos, rot);</span></font></div> 

<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">  else: process_label(pos,rot); fi;</span></font></div> 

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font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">enddef;</span></font></div> 

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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">I have not looked into how it works, but I’m
guessing the ‘point height’ and ‘point passage-height’
labels are one of the ‘modes’ above, and that the processes called
are default metapost routines.  Too complicated for me to unravel.</span></font></div> 

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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">BTW shouldn’t you be using ‘point
height’ to indicate the height of cobble banks, rather than ‘point
passage-height’? (Probably the same symbol size issue will apply).</span></font></div> 

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<div class="yiv2084243301MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="
font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">Also, as a path to a possible work around,
I think the AUT symbol set includes the option to label ‘line pit’
(or is it ‘line wall:pit’)?  I have never managed to get it to
work – but have not tried too hard either.</span></font></div> 

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therion-bounces@speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk] <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Dave Clucas<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 13 January 2013
12:59 a.m.<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> therion@speleo.sk<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Therion]
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using it to show the depth of a trench in a gravel bank.</span></font></div> 

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font-size:12.0pt;">Vasily - I'm already using base-scale to control the size of other symbols
but this one is too big. I need to make it smaller without changing all the
symbols. The size is probably related to the font size but again I'm happy with
the font size for labels etc, I just want to change this particular symbol.</span></font></div> 

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