From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67513 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: LinearShade trouble Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20110330090441.4f840c47@glyph> References: <20110330063812.GA21577@bluemoon.alumni.iitm.ac.in> 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: dough.gmane.org 1301468707 27946 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2011 07:05:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:05:07 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 30 09:05:04 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4pSh-0002rB-NJ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:05:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EFFACAAFF; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SQi9sIvcIdut; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACD6CAB2F; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B0CCAB2F for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SFv0b+1adHzk for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C0FCAAFF for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2U74tbn017374 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:56 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4pSW-0002m0-Ub for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:53 +0200 Original-Received: from 83.68.239.197 ([83.68.239.197]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:52 +0200 Original-Received: from netuse by 83.68.239.197 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:04:52 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.68.239.197 X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.22.0; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.12; country=NO; latitude=62.0000; longitude=10.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=62.0000,10.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0rEpj4TkA - d77fe29175df - 20110330 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67513 Archived-At: On 2011-03-30 Kumar Appaiah wrote: > Dear ConTeXt list, > > I have been having troubles with LinearShade with ConTeXt for quite a > while, even with the latest version. > > Steps to reproduce: > There is a test.tex at the bottom of this e-mail: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580447#5 > > Copy paste it into the ConTeXt Live interface at the ConTeXt > Garden. Result is blank. > > But what I expect (produced with an ancient version of ConTeXt, Debian > version 2008.05.21-1): > > http://people.debian.org/~akumar/dump/test_expected.pdf > > Could you please let me know where things are going > wrong? The mail has the log files attached. You have a problem with metapost not being run. Search the contextgarden for write18 for the solution. BTW: You cannot use the contextgarden to check if you code is working. The same restrictions as on your system apply. Consider using mkiv as Hans suggested. 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