metapost background

metapost background

[Johan Sandblom]

If the following is run with newtexexec, the text background on the
first page is black. On live.contextgarden.net it works ok. Another
candidate for the test suite?

\setupcolors[state=start]
\definecolor[red][r=1]
\definecolor[trwhite][s=1, t=.5, a=1]
\setupbackgrounds[state=repeat]
\defineoverlay[pagebg][\useMPgraphic{pagebg}]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=pagebg]
\startuseMPgraphic{pagebg}
StartPage ;
fill Page withcolor \MPcolor{red} ;
fill Field[Text][Text] withcolor \MPcolor{trwhite} ;
StopPage ;
\stopuseMPgraphic

\starttext

\dorecurse{10}{\input tufte}

\stoptext

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t +46851776108  17176 Stockholm
m +46735521477  Sweden
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the
will to find out, which is the exact opposite"
- Bertrand Russell

Re: metapost background

[Taco Hoekwater]

Johan Sandblom wrote:
> If the following is run with newtexexec, the text background on the
> first page is black.

I _do_ get a nice pinkish background on both pages when I don't use
runtime graphics. Diagnosis: It looks like the specials get lost
somehow in the runtime version.

This file is certainly a good test case.

Greetings, Taco

Re: metapost background

[Johan Sandblom]

How does one use the old texexec in the standalone windows version? I tried with

texmfstart texexec.pl

and that looks like the old texexec output but the resulting pdf is
equally defective.

Regards, Johan

2006/4/9, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>:
> Johan Sandblom wrote:
> > Is there a workaround I can use? I need it for a presentation this
> > week. I can't use live since I have my own fonts.
>
> Either start your document with  \runMPgraphicsfalse,
> or use old texexec. Both solutions work  OK here.
>
> Taco
>


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Johan Sandblom  N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh
t +46851776108  17176 Stockholm
m +46735521477  Sweden
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the
will to find out, which is the exact opposite"
- Bertrand Russell

Re: metapost background

[Hans Hagen]

Johan Sandblom wrote:
> If the following is run with newtexexec, the text background on the
> first page is black. On live.contextgarden.net it works ok. Another
> candidate for the test suite?
>   
sure
> \setupcolors[state=start]
> \definecolor[red][r=1]
> \definecolor[trwhite][s=1, t=.5, a=1]
> \setupbackgrounds[state=repeat]
> \defineoverlay[pagebg][\useMPgraphic{pagebg}]
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=pagebg]
> \startuseMPgraphic{pagebg}
> StartPage ;
> fill Page withcolor \MPcolor{red} ;
> fill Field[Text][Text] withcolor \MPcolor{trwhite} ;
> StopPage ;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
>
> \starttext
>
> \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte}
>
> \stoptext
>   
works ok here both 

newtexexec test
newtexexec --automp test 

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Re: metapost background

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> works ok here both 
> 

Hi Johan,

Have you changed any of the memory values in texmf.cnf recently?
(I suddenly remember I have)

Cheers,
Taco

Re: metapost background (fix)

[Taco Hoekwater]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
>>works ok here both 
>>
> 
> Have you changed any of the memory values in texmf.cnf recently?
> (I suddenly remember I have)

I regenerated the formats with

   texmfstart newtexexec --make --all

and after that, the problem was gone. Probably because texexec and
newtexexec read different variables from texmf.cnf.

Cheers, Taco

Re: metapost background

[Johan Sandblom]

Yes, I have increased the save size from 5000 to 15000 for a document
with random backgrounds.

Johan

2006/4/10, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
> >
> > works ok here both
> >
>
> Hi Johan,
>
> Have you changed any of the memory values in texmf.cnf recently?
> (I suddenly remember I have)
>
> Cheers,
> Taco
>


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Johan Sandblom  N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh
t +46851776108  17176 Stockholm
m +46735521477  Sweden
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the
will to find out, which is the exact opposite"
- Bertrand Russell