Re: [PyX-devel] Another geometry version

[Joerg L. <jo...@us...>]

Hi Magnus,

On 28.07.04, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
> Andre Wobst <wo...@us...>:
> >
> [snip]
> > Well, I have to look at MetaPost at some point.
> 
> If you mean a the language/user level -- indeed. Very relevant to PyX.
> But I guess, perhaps, you mean at the implementation/code level?
> Well... I guess it's still relevant (although I'm not sure I'd dare
> venture into that without a good lantern and a trusty sword by my
> side... Or something :])

Fortunately, we already have some dungeon experience aquired in other
parts of the TeX code. In particular, you need some mighty global
variable protection shield...

[snip]
> (Also, it's nice to be able to use the output from MetaPost directly
> in pdflatex without a hickup; if PyX could restrict itself to the same
> subset of EPS, possibly with a switch, such as mps=True or something,
> that would be very nice :})

... or use the PDF output, which however is not yet totally finished.

        Jörg