From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/2702 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Why does metapost refuse to run a perfectly legal file? Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:42:15 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000914104215.0165d7f0@pop.wxs.nl> References: <39C07BB3.6AF74C2F@pobox.com> <39C07BB3.6AF74C2F@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035393472 11022 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:17:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:17:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Berend de Boer , ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Zeljko Vrba In-Reply-To: <20000914095701.A26256@fly.srk.fer.hr> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:2702 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:2702 At 09:57 AM 9/14/00 +0200, Zeljko Vrba wrote: >On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 09:18:11AM +0200, Berend de Boer wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> For no apparent reason metapost often refuses to run a file (perhaps >> this is related to my previous question??). When context generates the >> mpgraph.mp and metapost is run its log file is: >> >> This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1) (mem=metafun 2000.9.14) >> 14 SEP 2000 07:21 >> **&metafun mpgraph >> (mpgraph.mp) >> ! Emergency stop. >> <*> &metafun mpgraph >> >> *** (job aborted, no legal end found) >> >> >> However, if I manually say metapost &metafun mpgraph everything is fine. >> >You have to put end at the end of file, like this: It looks like something goes wrong there. In any case, at least the latest texexec, will add the end for you. Also, \stoptext (\stoptekst) will do that. I'm puzzled. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------