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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m sorry Paul, I’m still inside a Covid cloud it seems. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-context works with symbol-show and symbol-hide but not with symbol-colour, so it is not a solution to your problem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Therion <therion-bounces@speleo.sk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Rowe<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 1 August 2022 18:41<br><b>To:</b> List for Therion users <therion@speleo.sk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Therion] Label and passage height colours<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Bruce,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, I was wanting to change a specific instance. These are great tips. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Using the colour of another point type that I'm not using, then changing the context for other specific points, would be a simple hack that I think would cover me.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 18:12, Bruce Mutton <<a href="mailto:bruce@tomo.co.nz">bruce@tomo.co.nz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If you are asking if it is possible to change the colour of a specific instance of a particular type of generic object, I think the answer is no, unless you modify the metapost definition for the generic object to allow attributes such as colours to be parsed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If you want all of a generic object type to be a colour, then use a layout statement something like:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:36.0pt'>symbol-colour point label <colour><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Easy hacks to mimic the first question include…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Use point remark and set its colour to something striking with:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:36.0pt'>symbol-colour point remark <colour><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You can change the fonts to add or remove emphasis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Or use -context to make the label inherit colour as though it were another type of symbol…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> point label <x> <y> -text “label text” -context point anastomosis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:36.0pt'> symbol-colour point anastomosis <colour><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I suspect not all point types work with -context, so you may have to hunt around to find one that works.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Therion <<a href="mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion-bounces@speleo.sk</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Rowe<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 1 August 2022 15:30<br><b>To:</b> List for Therion users <<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Therion] Label and passage height colours</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Is it possible to change the label and/or passage height colours for specific points? I couldn't see a way of doing this.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Paul Rowe<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Therion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">Therion@speleo.sk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion" target="_blank">https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>