Re[2]: Using MetaPost graphics in ConTeXt

[Giuseppe Bilotta <gip.bilotta@iol.it>]

Monday, March 24, 2003 Simon Pepping wrote:
>> but it seems like it can't find the file test (no extension); I
>> tried adding options [type=mps] or [method=mps] or both, but each
>> fails with a different error: either it looks for test.mps or it
>> looks for test.unknown ...

SP> The macro \calculateexternalfigure seems to set the extension to empty
SP> if the figure file name is the same as the jobname:

SP>    % redo message, only filename  
SP>    \doifparentfileelse\@@effilename
SP>      {\@EA\removefromcommalist\@EA{\jobsuffix}\figuretypes
SP>       \let\@@efextension\empty
SP>       \showmessage\m!figures9\@@effilename
SP>       \donefalse}
SP>      \donothing 

SP> (core-fig.tex)

SP> Therefore it does not search for your nonstandard extension.

Yup, after a little debugging I came to the same conclusion, but I
still it's incorrect behaviour. It's correct that it removes the
jobsuffix from the figuretypes to be searched, but it should still
try and look for the figure, after the change.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta