From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41220 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Olivier Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: on the fly TeX typesetting Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:35:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20080527103527.GA550@blackowl.org> References: <20080526193234.GA30886@blackowl.org> <483B26A2.7000508@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211886567 799 80.91.229.12 (27 May 2008 11:09:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:09:27 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 27 13:10:07 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K0x49-0008Uv-Hi for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 May 2008 13:10:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 769E61FB39; Tue, 27 May 2008 13:09:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18397-03-3; Tue, 27 May 2008 13:08:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 975B11FB6D; Tue, 27 May 2008 13:08:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0181FB5B for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 13:08:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18799-03-6 for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp21.orange.fr (smtp21.orange.fr [80.12.242.46]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52FB81FB6D for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 12:35:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2104.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 657611C0009E for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 12:35:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from moramora.blackowl.org (APuteaux-155-1-50-63.w86-217.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.217.41.63]) by mwinf2104.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 51EE81C001F5 for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 12:35:31 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20080527103531335.51EE81C001F5@mwinf2104.orange.fr Original-Received: from vony by moramora.blackowl.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1K0wWd-0000Af-EG for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 27 May 2008 12:35:27 +0200 Mail-Followup-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483B26A2.7000508@wxs.nl> X-Operating-System: "Debian GNU/Linux" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:41220 Archived-At: > > I'm just wondering how TeX labels in metapost pictures are generated > > when using mplib: if the set of pictures are all build through the > > library which saves loading time and hd read/writes, it would be strange > > to launch another TeX compiler. > > i'm not sure what you mean .. in mkiv there are no tex compilers > launched, everything happens internally In the case of a standalone metapost graphic, if some label requires TeX typesetting, the metapost file is first processed by mpost, then the need for TeX typesetting is discovered and TeX is launched to produce the labels and they are incorporated back into the metapost figure, right? So in the case of mplib who takes care of the label typesetting? Does your already running instance of TeX (LuaTeX and mkiv) handles the job of typesetting the labels? Even if this is completely disconnected from the flow of the document currently processed? Olivier ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________