From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: bug in mptopdf
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:44:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42CE4B1B.20800@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42CE3558.8050604@elvenkind.com>
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hi Hans,
>
> I am afraid there is a bug in the latest mptopdf. It presents
> itself by spurious spaces in the output for long postscript
> strings. Here is an example:
>
> % uncomment next two lines for viewing in gv(1)
> %defaultfont := "Times-Roman";
> %prologues := 1;
> beginfig(1);
> label ("This string wraps to a second line"&
> " in the metapost output",(origin));
> endfig;
> end.
>
> The created pdf document has a space after the p in metapost.
> The output contains:
>
> (This\040string\040wraps\040to\040a\040second\040line\040in\040the\040metap\
>
> ost\040output) cmr10 9.96265 fshow
This works ok here:
\starttext
\startMPpage
label ("This string wraps to a second line"&
" in the metapost output",(origin));
\stopMPpage
\stoptext
i wonder where your metap\<newline>ost comes from, is that something in your
local mp? what happens if you set the line length in mp larger?
Hans
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