Re: metafun manual

[Joop Susan <jgsusan@xs4all.nl>]

> At 08:25 PM 9/25/00 +0200, Joop Susan wrote:
> 
> >Ok. I only used 'fmtutil -all' after every ConTEXt/pdftex update. Better 
> >to use 'texexec'?
> 
> fmtutil does not handle mp mem files, probably because there are not so
> many metapost formats
> 
> >> >Can you tell me why texexec cannot get this right in one run?
> 
> Context can if you enable runtime graphics : enable write 18 in texmf.cnf
> and add the right switches to your local cont-sys.tex file (explained in
> metafun manual).  
>

This was enabled. In file texmf.cnf it said:

% Enable system commands via \write18{...}?
%shell_escape = f
shell_escape = t

The testfile "test.tex":

\starttext
\immediate\write18{echo It works}
\stoptext

prints "It works" when processing the file with 'texexec --once test', 
like it says in the Metafun manual.

The other settings '\runMPgraphicstrue' and '\recycleMPslotstrue' are set 
in the virgin 'cont-sys.rme' from the distribution. It was not clear to me 
that I had to create 'cont-sys.tex' myself, since there was a very 
similarly named file already. I copied 'cont-sys.rme' to 'cont-sys.tex') 
and now it works in one run.

Thanks,

Joop