Re: problem with texexec and inline metapost

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 08:01 PM 7/3/01 +0200, Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
>When running texexec over my input file containing a metapost graphic 
>(first time, no mpgraph files exist), metapost is called after the first 
>run, but then tex is not called again. Therefore, I have to call texexec 
>twice to actually get the graphics in my dvi file. Accordingly, changes to 
>the mp code become effective only after the second call to texexec (when 
>creating pdf. - the dvi driver of course finds the updated file after the 
>first run). I thought texexec would do this job for me, so perhaps there is 
>a switch I didn't see yet?
>When I enable \write18 and \runMPgraphicstrue, creating graphics during 
>runtime works fine. But I would prefer to have \write18 disabled.
>I tried 'texexec --mptex xyz', but then texexec just quits after its 
>version message, doing nothing else. ?
>I'm using the latest version of context/texexec together with miktex 2.1. 
>Maybe I should just take a break, but I don't see what I have left to try.

What latest? The ones i uploaded the last few days *do* an extra pass with
external mp graphics {based on checksum calculation] but only with the
undocumented --automprun, so 

texexec --automprun yourfile.tex 

Hans
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