From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27317 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: No metapost compilation on files named file.001.tex Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:12:56 +0200 Message-ID: <4447EB48.9090209@wxs.nl> References: <44473ED7.2090000@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145563992 26639 80.91.229.2 (20 Apr 2006 20:13:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Apr 20 22:13:11 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWfWW-00082D-7Z for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C85041277B; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26735-01; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94165127A2; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EDD5127A2 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26110-03 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F9C61277B for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 13327 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:13:00 +0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:27317 Archived-At: nico wrote: >> nico wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> There's something wrong in using (old)texexec/metapost on an input >>> file named file.001.tex (I guess that 001 could be any number): the mp >>> graphic is not generated. If I change file.001.tex to file.tex, it >>> works ok. >>> >>> I attach the test file used if it can be useful. >>> > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:34:49 +0200, Thomas A. Schmitz > wrote: > > >> Yes, that's a known problem. Have a look at this thread: >> >> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/ >> 20050912.154547.be0e5d5c.en.html >> >> Does it work with newtexexec? >> > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:57:11 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > > >> works here; do you use the latest (new)texexec? >> > > The problem appears only for the old perl texexec. Testing with the ruby > one does not produce the problem. I guess it's a problem with the OS: in > the thread the problem occured on OS X, and I've the trouble on a FreeBSD > machine (and OS X is FreeBSD). > > BTW, sorry for that stupid question, but is there a safe or recommended > way to install and use newtexexec? For testing I only did ruby > /usr/local/share/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/newtexexec.rb > try2.001.tex. > export TEXMFSTART_MODE=experimental (or adapt the texexec stub) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------