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\environment luametafun-style

\startcomponent luametafun-text

\startchapter[title={Text}]

The \METAFUN\ \type {textext} command normally can do the job of typesetting a
text snippet quite well.

\startbuffer
\startMPcode
    fill fullcircle xyscaled (8cm,1cm) withcolor "darkred" ;
    draw textext("\bf This is text A") withcolor "white" ;
\stopMPcode
\stopbuffer

\typebuffer[option=TEX]

We get:

\startlinecorrection
\getbuffer
\stoplinecorrection

You can use regular \CONTEXT\ commands, so this is valid:

\startbuffer
\startMPcode
    fill fullcircle xyscaled (8cm,1cm) withcolor "darkred" ;
    draw textext("\framed{\bf This is text A}") withcolor "white" ;
\stopMPcode
\stopbuffer

\typebuffer[option=TEX]

Of course you can as well draw a frame in \METAPOST\ but the \type {\framed}
command has more options, like alignments.

\startlinecorrection
\getbuffer
\stoplinecorrection

Here is a variant using the \METAFUN\ interface:

\startbuffer
\startMPcode
    fill fullcircle xyscaled (8cm,1cm) withcolor "darkred" ;
    draw lmt_text [
        text  = "This is text A",
        color = "white",
        style = "bold"
    ] ;
\stopMPcode
\stopbuffer

\typebuffer[option=TEX]

The outcome is more or less the same:

\startlinecorrection
\getbuffer
\stoplinecorrection

Here is another example. The \type {format} option is actually why this command
is provided.

\startbuffer
\startMPcode
    fill fullcircle xyscaled (8cm,1cm) withcolor "darkred" ;
    draw lmt_text [
        text   = decimal 123.45678,
        color  = "white",
        style  = "bold",
        format = "@0.3F",
    ] ;
\stopMPcode
\stopbuffer

\typebuffer[option=TEX]

\startlinecorrection
\getbuffer
\stoplinecorrection

The following parameters can be set:

\starttabulate[|T|T|T|p|]
\FL
\BC name     \BC type    \BC default \BC comment \NC \NR
\ML
\NC offset   \NC numeric \NC 0       \NC \NC \NR
\NC strut    \NC string  \NC auto    \NC adapts the dimensions to the font (\type {yes} uses the the default strut) \NC \NR
\NC style    \NC string  \NC         \NC \NC \NR
\NC color    \NC string  \NC         \NC \NC \NR
\NC text     \NC string  \NC         \NC \NC \NR
\NC anchor   \NC string  \NC         \NC one of these \type {lft}, \type {urt} like anchors \NC \NR
\NC format   \NC string  \NC         \NC a format specifier using \type {@} instead of a percent sign \NC \NR
\NC position \NC pair    \NC origin  \NC \NC \NR
\NC trace    \NC boolean \NC false   \NC \NC \NR
\LL
\stoptabulate

The next example demonstrates the positioning options:

\startbuffer
\startMPcode
    fill fullcircle xyscaled (8cm,1cm) withcolor "darkblue" ;
    fill fullcircle scaled .5mm withcolor "white" ;
    draw lmt_text [
        text     = "left",
        color    = "white",
        style    = "bold",
        anchor   = "lft",
        position = (-1mm,2mm),
    ] ;
    draw lmt_text [
        text   = "right",
        color  = "white",
        style  = "bold",
        anchor = "rt",
        offset = 3mm,
    ] ;
\stopMPcode
\stopbuffer

\typebuffer[option=TEX]

\startlinecorrection
\getbuffer
\stoplinecorrection


\stopchapter

\stopcomponent