<div dir="ltr"><div>Ok, I'll have a go at the metapost route.</div><div><br></div><div>Get well soon!</div><div>Paul<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 09:01, Bruce Mutton <<a href="mailto:bruce@tomo.co.nz" target="_blank">bruce@tomo.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-NZ"><div><p class="MsoNormal">I’m sorry Paul, I’m still inside a Covid cloud it seems. <u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bruce<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><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 18:41<br><b>To:</b> List for Therion users <<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Therion] Label and passage height colours<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Bruce,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Yes, I was wanting to change a specific instance. These are great tips. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Paul<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 18:12, Bruce Mutton <<a href="mailto:bruce@tomo.co.nz" target="_blank">bruce@tomo.co.nz</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Paul<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you want all of a generic object type to be a colour, then use a layout statement something like:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt">symbol-colour point label <colour><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Easy hacks to mimic the first question include…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Use point remark and set its colour to something striking with:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt">symbol-colour point remark <colour><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">You can change the fonts to add or remove emphasis.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Or use -context to make the label inherit colour as though it were another type of symbol…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> point label <x> <y> -text “label text” -context point anastomosis<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">and<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt"> symbol-colour point anastomosis <colour><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I suspect not all point types work with -context, so you may have to hunt around to find one that works.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bruce<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm;border-color:currentcolor"><p class="MsoNormal"><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><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Is it possible to change the label and/or passage height colours for specific points? I couldn't see a way of doing this.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Paul Rowe<u></u><u></u></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><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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