On 2024-06-03 10:33 am, Aaron Hill wrote:
But pretty much, once you are in a \markup context, the world's your oyster. Start with the more primitive drawing commands and build up your own shapes. Turn those into reusable markup-commands of your own. Some of this may require some Scheme code to achieve, so feel free to reach out if this is not your area of expertise.
I should also mention that a good working knowledge of geometry and maths is helpful for building shapes programmatically. I know some folks feel they have a maths phobia, although, I am convinced they just were taught poorly. People who "hate" maths simply were set up to fail. No fault on the student. And sometimes no fault on the teacher. Some teachers are so into maths that they have a tough time helping students find the passion. Because it is true that some maths is tricky, but when you have passion, you have determination. No problem will stand in your way. In fact, you often seek out problems. But that is tangent (no pun intended) that I will stop for now. I guess once you have worked as a teacher, it is hard to stop educating.
-- Aaron Hill
