Again: MetaPost calling TeX

Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

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Hi all,

again I have problems with btex .. etex constructs within MetaPost
files. Skimming old list messages I saw that this is often due to
versions of ConTeXt and TeXExec out of sync. This was the case indeed
so I installed the version of TeXExec that came with my ConTeXt (which
I fetched ojn March 28th. After that, the messages "could not make mpx
file" disappeared. Instead, I get messages of the kind that are
attached along with a minimal example that led to the error message.

What am I doing wrong?

Groetjes

Johannes
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\setupoutput[pdftex]
\runMPgraphicstrue

\starttext
\startuseMPgraphic{kante}
u=12pt;

pair p[];

p1 = (2u,0u);
p2 = (1u,2u);

label.top(btex $e_1$ etex, p1);
label.top(btex $e_2$ etex, p2);
label.top(btex $(e_1, e_2)$ etex, subpath 0.5 of p1--p2);
drawarrow p1--p2;
\stopuseMPgraphic

\placefigure[here]{15 Mann auf des toten Mannes Kiste}{\useMPgraphic{kante}}

yo ho ho und ne buddel rum

\stoptext

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This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13h-pretest-20010126-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.3.1) (format=cont-en 2001.3.31)  17 JUN 2001 21:38
**&cont-en minimal.tex
(./minimal.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt  ver: 2001.3.27  fmt: 2001.3.31  int: english  mes: english

language       : language en is active
system         : cont-new loaded
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex <unprotect 2>
systems        : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!
<protect 2>)
system         : cont-old loaded
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading        : Context Old Macros
<unprotect 2> <protect 2>)
system         : cont-fil loaded
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading        : Context File Synonyms
)
bodyfont       : 12pt rm is loaded
language       : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 loaded
specials       : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
\openout2 = `minimal.tui'.

system         : minimal.top loaded
(./minimal.top <unprotect 2> <protect 2>) (./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo)
(./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo)
(./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo)
\openout1 = `mpgraph.mp'.

specials       : tex,postscript,rokicki is reset
specials       : loading definition file tpd
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex <unprotect 2>
specials       : loading definition file fdf
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3>
<unprotect 4> <protect 4> <protect 3>)
specials       : fdf loaded
<unprotect 3> <protect 3> <protect 2>)
specials       : fdf,tpd loaded
(./minimal.tuo) (./minimal.tuo)
systems        : begin file minimal at line 4
\openout1 = `mpgraph.mp'.

Randomizer initialized to 1520416030.
system(mpost mpgraph)...executed.

 [MP to PDF mpgraph.1] (./mpgraph.1)
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
\dopreparestackcaptionaut ...ptionminwidth \relax 
                                                  \captionminwidth \else \wd...

\doifelse ...esstest \ifx \!!stringa \!!stringb #3
                                                  \else #4\fi 
<argument> ...des toten Mannes Kiste}{\v!figuur }}
                                                  \else \dopreparestackcapti...

\doifelse ...\ifx \!!stringa \!!stringb #3\else #4
                                                  \fi 
\doifinsetelse ...doifinsetelse {#1}{#2}#3\else #4
                                                  \fi 
...
l.19 ... toten Mannes Kiste}{\useMPgraphic{kante}}

? x

Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 859 strings out of 28193
 11381 string characters out of 342592
 348671 words of memory out of 1100001
 25683 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+25000
 9056 words of font info for 28 fonts, out of 400000 for 1000
 22 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
 26i,5n,59p,181b,364s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,1500p,50000b,5000s
No pages of output.

Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Hans Hagen]

At 09:46 PM 6/17/01 +0200, Johannes Huesing wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>again I have problems with btex .. etex constructs within MetaPost
>files. Skimming old list messages I saw that this is often due to
>versions of ConTeXt and TeXExec out of sync. This was the case indeed
>so I installed the version of TeXExec that came with my ConTeXt (which
>I fetched ojn March 28th. After that, the messages "could not make mpx
>file" disappeared. Instead, I get messages of the kind that are
>attached along with a minimal example that led to the error message.

bug in beta, probably solved, if not ... do you use the betabeta? 

>What am I doing wrong?

Hans
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:58:52PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
[...]
> 
> bug in beta, probably solved, if not ... do you use the betabeta? 
> 

Upon this I loaded the cont-tmf.zip from the beta page. Texexec is still 
version 2.5, and the same error shows up.

Greetings

Johannes 
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:58:52PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> bug in beta, probably solved, if not ... do you use the betabeta? 
> 

Now I see ... you meant the verybeta :)

Installed that one, still TeXexec version 2.5, and still the same error.

Greetings

Johannes

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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hallo Johannes,

it seems to works here...

but the logfile says:

texexec minimal.tex
[...]
This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1)
 error in metapost run : minimal-mpgraph.mp:94
 error in metapost run : minimal-mpgraph.mp:94
 [MP to PDF minimal-mpgraph.1]
[...]
(rest ok)

minimal-mpgraph.log:

This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1) (mem=metafun 2001.5.9)  9 MAY 
2001 20:17
**&metafun minimal-mpgraph
(minimal-mpgraph.mp
{randomseed:=816}
write0 = `minimal-mpgraph.mpo'.

>> 0.5
>> path
! Not implemented: subpath(known numeric)of(path).
<to be read again> 
                   {
--->{
     curl1}..{curl1}
l.94 , subpath 0.5 of p1--
                          p2);
I'm afraid I don't know how to apply that operation to that
combination of types. Continue, and I'll return the second
argument (see above) as the result of the operation.

>> path
>> (0,3)
! Not implemented: (path)+(pair).
<to be read again> 
                   -
thelabel->...((EXPR4)+labeloffset*laboff(SUFFIX2)-

(labxf(SUFFIX2)*lrcorner.p...
l.94 , subpath 0.5 of p1--p2)
                             ;
I'm afraid I don't know how to apply that operation to that
combination of types. Continue, and I'll return the second
argument (see above) as the result of the operation.

[1] )
1 output file written: minimal-mpgraph.1

Version numbers:

TeXExec 2.5, 
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.3.1)
entering extended mode
ConTeXt  ver: 2001.4.26  fmt: 2001.5.9  int: english  mes: english

-- 
Viele Grüße, 

    Patrick Gundlach

Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:43:58PM +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> Hallo Johannes,
> 
> it seems to works here...
> 
> but the logfile says:
> 
[...]
> >> 0.5
> >> path
> ! Not implemented: subpath(known numeric)of(path).

Whoops, that should mean "point 0.5 of p1--p2".

Of course, this doesn't affect my problem.

Reassuring to hear that it runs at your site. 

Greetings

Johannes
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                | (erwin_meier) und einer Endung  (zum Beispiel 
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

Here is the log of the MetaPost run again. 

-----8-<-------
Randomizer initialized to 398035626.This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1)
(mpgraph.mp (/usr/local/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-tool.mp)
(/usr/local/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-spec.mp)
(/usr/local/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-grph.mp)
(/usr/local/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-page.mp)
(/usr/local/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-core.mp)
! mpx file ended unexpectedly.
l.13 

?
-----8-<-------

Line 13 in the mpgraph.mp file contains:

graphictextdirective "\global \loadfontdefinitionfileoncetrue " ;

and graphoctextdirective is defined in the mp-grph.mp module as
follows:

def graphictextdirective text t = 
  graphictextstring := graphictextstring & t & CRLF ; 
enddef ; 

so all that happens is the extension of graphicstextstring by 
the argument of graphictextdirective and a CRLF. I don't 
understand why this interferes with the .mpx file at that
moment.

Greetings

Johannes
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Hans Hagen]

At 11:43 PM 6/20/01 +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>Hallo Johannes,
>
>it seems to works here...
>
>but the logfile says:
>
>texexec minimal.tex
>[...]
>This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1)
> error in metapost run : minimal-mpgraph.mp:94
> error in metapost run : minimal-mpgraph.mp:94
> [MP to PDF minimal-mpgraph.1]
>[...]
>(rest ok)

Sometimes a good way to test a file is: 

texexec --nomp yourfile 

and then 

texexec --mptex yourfile-mpgraph.mp 

Hans
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:55:10AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> Sometimes a good way to test a file is: 
> 
> texexec --nomp yourfile 
> 

So it would skip the mpost run? This doesn't work here, MetaPost is started
anyway.

> and then 
> 
> texexec --mptex yourfile-mpgraph.mp 
> 

And nothing like myfile-mpgraph.mp is created here.

[TeXexec 2.5]

Groetjes

Johannes
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Hans Hagen]

At 03:16 PM 6/21/01 +0200, Johannes Huesing wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:55:10AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> 
>> Sometimes a good way to test a file is: 
>> 
>> texexec --nomp yourfile 
>> 
>
>So it would skip the mpost run? This doesn't work here, MetaPost is started
>anyway.

hm, can you try --nomprun 

>And nothing like myfile-mpgraph.mp is created here.

then mpgraph.mp

[you can enable buffer prefixes in cont-sys,tex, see cont-sys.rme]

Hans
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:57:19PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:

> [you can enable buffer prefixes in cont-sys,tex, see cont-sys.rme]
> 

Same advice from Patrick -- and it worked, thank you!

Groetjes

Johannes

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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Johannes Huesing]

Sorry -- the problem I addressed a few minutes ago has magically 
disappeared!

Sorry for the lawaai

Johannes
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Re: Again: MetaPost calling TeX

[Hans Hagen]

At 11:06 PM 6/21/01 +0200, Johannes Huesing wrote:
>Sorry -- the problem I addressed a few minutes ago has magically 
>disappeared!

can be due to the fact that some status info is registered in the tui/tuo
file, esp the number of mp graphics, 

Hans
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