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@pulsar17 @doctormo @cazabon

I did not really understand the issue, however aligning objects in Inkscape it is so intuitive (at least I always had this feeling) that I recommend you to try programming graphics with #Metafun

wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphic…

Perhaps this fits better your mindset and expectations... 👍

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
🧵
#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
🧵
#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
🧵
#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
🧵
#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
🧵
#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

A module for drawing globes by Gavin Polhemus is in the making:
https://github.com/GavinPolhemus/luageo

… and Hans Hagen promised to add some 3D (projections, “2.5D”) features to #MetaFun within 2024.

#ConTeXt #MetaPost #Lua #LuaTeX #maps

@fiee Ich finde "Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe" toll und ich glaube es gibt da ein paar Hürden die ConTeXt spezifisch sind:

• Wo finde ich die "aktuelle" Dokumentation?
• Einordnung von mtxrun, context, und den anderen Binaries
• Was ist der Unterschied zu #LaTeX ?
• Einführung #MetaFun

und andere Stolpersteine :D

Abgesehen davon, fänd' ich eine aktuelle aber auch ausführliche Einführung in Fonts in ConTeXt interessant, da ist mir immer noch nicht ganz klar was da im Wiki korrekt/aktuell ist.

Cool wäre auch, könnte man in dem Workshop eigene Ideen/Projekte/Probleme mitbringen. Ich würde bspw. gerne sowas wie https://ctan.org/pkg/tufte-latex in ConTeXt nachzubauen. Auch nutze ich bisher noch LaTeX-Beamer weil ich das `\pause` Feature dort sehr mag um stückweise aufzudecken (funktioniert auch in #TikZ Grafiken!).