From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5290 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Rouault?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Mpost disabled? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:26:26 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <002301c12951$cdef8200$0100a8c0@mshome.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0020_01C12962.9156C040" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395888 386 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:58:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: "Group Context" , Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5290 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5290 C'est un message de format MIME en plusieurs parties. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C12962.9156C040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! I always have my problem with mpost (MiKTeX 2.1, ConTeXt 2.5). When I = try to compile a ppchtex file I get : -Randomizer initialized to 1493581758. -system(mpost -progname=3Dmpost -mem=3Dmetafun = glucose-mpgraph)...disabled. - - -figures : figure glucose-mpgraph can not be found Mpost seems to be disabled, where can I enable it? Herv=E9 ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C12962.9156C040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi!

I always have my problem with mpost = (MiKTeX 2.1,=20 ConTeXt 2.5). When I try to compile a ppchtex file I get :

-Randomizer initialized to=20 1493581758.
-system(mpost -progname=3Dmpost -mem=3Dmetafun=20 glucose-mpgraph)...disabled.

-
-figures : figure=20 glucose-mpgraph can not be found

Mpost seems to be disabled, = where can I=20 enable it?

Herv=E9

------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C12962.9156C040-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5297 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: hraban@fiee.net (Henning Hraban Ramm) Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:40:14 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <20010820124014.514%65696@smtp.puretec.de> References: <002301c12951$cdef8200$0100a8c0@mshome.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395894 429 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:58:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <002301c12951$cdef8200$0100a8c0@mshome.net> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5297 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5297 Hervé Rouault schrieb: >-system(mpost -progname=mpost -mem=metafun glucose-mpgraph)...disabled. >Mpost seems to be disabled, where can I enable it? It's not Metapost, that is disabled, but 'system', that is, calling external programs. You can change this in texmf.cnf (at least on tetex): shell_escape = t % enable system commands via \write18{...} BTW: What means 18 in \write18? I don't really know, if this fixes the problem (is 'system' a Perl command? then there must be a restriction to Perl) -- Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/ (Formelsammlung) http://www.angerweit.de/ (Musik) http://www.ramm.ch/ (Privates) From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5298 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Rouault?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:52:27 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <002e01c1296e$95ea82c0$0100a8c0@mshome.net> References: <20010820124014.514%65696@smtp.puretec.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395895 431 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:58:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:58:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: "Group Context" , "Henning Hraban Ramm" Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5298 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5298 I haven't tetex and texmf.cnf... I have tried a lot of things since the last time. I have finally found that when I uncomment the line "\runutilityfiletrue " in cont-sys.tex, it seems to work! What is exactly this line? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Hraban Ramm" To: Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? > Hervé Rouault schrieb: > >-system(mpost -progname=mpost -mem=metafun glucose-mpgraph)...disabled. > >Mpost seems to be disabled, where can I enable it? > > It's not Metapost, that is disabled, but 'system', that is, calling > external programs. > You can change this in texmf.cnf (at least on tetex): > > shell_escape = t % enable system commands via \write18{...} > > BTW: What means 18 in \write18? > > I don't really know, if this fixes the problem (is 'system' a Perl > command? then there must be a restriction to Perl) > > > -- > Grüßlis vom Hraban! > --- > http://www.fiee.net/ (Formelsammlung) > http://www.angerweit.de/ (Musik) > http://www.ramm.ch/ (Privates) > From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5301 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Rouault?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:18:51 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <004201c12972$45f3ca20$0100a8c0@mshome.net> References: <20010820124014.514%65696@smtp.puretec.de> <002e01c1296e$95ea82c0$0100a8c0@mshome.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395898 452 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:58:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Rouault?= , "Group Context" , "Henning Hraban Ramm" Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5301 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5301 Sorry, it doesn't work more... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hervé Rouault" To: "Group Context" ; "Henning Hraban Ramm" Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? > I haven't tetex and texmf.cnf... > > I have tried a lot of things since the last time. I have finally found that > when I uncomment the line "\runutilityfiletrue " in cont-sys.tex, it seems > to work! > > What is exactly this line? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Henning Hraban Ramm" > To: > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:40 PM > Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? > > > > Hervé Rouault schrieb: > > >-system(mpost -progname=mpost -mem=metafun glucose-mpgraph)...disabled. > > >Mpost seems to be disabled, where can I enable it? > > > > It's not Metapost, that is disabled, but 'system', that is, calling > > external programs. > > You can change this in texmf.cnf (at least on tetex): > > > > shell_escape = t % enable system commands via \write18{...} > > > > BTW: What means 18 in \write18? > > > > I don't really know, if this fixes the problem (is 'system' a Perl > > command? then there must be a restriction to Perl) > > > > > > -- > > Grüßlis vom Hraban! > > --- > > http://www.fiee.net/ (Formelsammlung) > > http://www.angerweit.de/ (Musik) > > http://www.ramm.ch/ (Privates) > > > > From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5302 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giuseppe Bilotta Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re[2]: Mpost disabled? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:54:57 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <1211744037.20010820145457@bigfoot.com> References: <20010820124014.514%65696@smtp.puretec.de> <002e01c1296e$95ea82c0$0100a8c0@mshome.net> Reply-To: Giuseppe Bilotta NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395898 455 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:58:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Rouault?= Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5302 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5302 Monday, August 20, 2001 Hervé Rouault wrote: HR> I haven't tetex and texmf.cnf... Do you have MiKTeX? MiKTeX 2.x supports the \write18 trick, but you must enable it either in the miktex.ini configuration file or through the --shell-escape or -enable-write18 command line switch. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5311 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Mpost disabled? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:56:02 -0400 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20010820105431.03297f20@server-1> References: <002301c12951$cdef8200$0100a8c0@mshome.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395907 542 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:58:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: hraban@fiee.net (Henning Hraban Ramm) In-Reply-To: <20010820124014.514%65696@smtp.puretec.de> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5311 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5311 At 12:40 PM 8/20/2001 +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >BTW: What means 18 in \write18? tex has 0-15 file handles, so 18 is safely outside this range; the 18 comes from some unix pipe or whatever number i'm told. 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