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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good morning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Something I noticed some years ago, and I have noticed again recently.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The alignment of point continuations does not properly adhere to the alignment conventions that other textual point labels (such as label, remark, date) do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-align [left | right] typically draws the symbol to the left or right of the ‘point’ that is drawn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For continuations, this occurs for the question mark, but not for the ‘debug-like’ text that is written describing the continuation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This debug-like text is always written to the right of the question mark.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The debug-like text does responds to <br> text string codes, but not to <centre> or <left> codes, as other text entities do. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This only affects point continuations that have been redefined like this;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt;background:whitesmoke'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>code metapost<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> def p_<span style='background:#FCF8E3'>continuation</span>(expr pos,theta,sc,al) =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> % draw default <span style='background:#FCF8E3'>continuation</span> symbol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> p_<span style='background:#FCF8E3'>continuation</span>_UIS(pos,theta,sc,al);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> % if text attribute is set<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> if known(ATTR__text) and picture(ATTR__text):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> % set labeling color to light orange<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> push_label_fill_color(1.0, 0.9, 0.8);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> % draw filled label with text next to ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>p_label.urt(ATTR__text,(.5u,-.25u) transformed T,0.0,8);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>% restore original labeling color<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> pop_label_fill_color;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> fi;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> enddef;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>endcode<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>So perhaps there is something to change in this metapost?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suspect around the line that starts with p_label.urt..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example, here is a drawing with a point continuation I have tried to align top-left.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt;background:whitesmoke'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>point continuation -text "vegetable debris<br>gas bubbles up from sand" -attr who "B Mutton" -attr what passage -attr priority caution -attr ref plan -align tl<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=487 height=265 style='width:5.0729in;height:2.7604in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3936F.5EA59840"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have a solution to this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>