From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/31031 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: mp to pdf inline conversion adds whitespace (2006.09.26 beta) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:05 +0200 Message-ID: <45198305.2030703@wxs.nl> References: 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 1159299896 6055 80.91.229.2 (26 Sep 2006 19:44:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:44:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Sep 26 21:44:53 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 1GSIqv-0006ux-0r for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C0511FF36; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:24 +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 01249-04; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E0A21FF0B; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC241FF0B for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:14 +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 32568-06 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id CADDE1FF09 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.104] (unverified [10.100.1.104]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 10050 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:44:05 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) 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:31031 Archived-At: Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > I'm using the 2006.09.26 beta, and noticed an extra gap before some > external metapost figures. Here is a small test: > > ============================ test.mp ================= > beginfig(1) > draw fullcircle scaled (0.75in) xscaled 1.5; > endfig; > end > ====================================================== > > With this test file, there is a whitespace of about 1cm between the > first hairline and the ellipse: > =================== test.tex (has 1cm gap) =========== > \starttext > \hrule > \placefigure[force,none]{}{\externalfigure[test.1]} > \hrule > \stoptext > ====================================================== > > If I convert test.1 to test-1.pdf and include that, all is fine: > =================== test.tex (works) ================= > \starttext > \hrule > \placefigure[force,none]{}{\externalfigure[test-1.pdf]} > \hrule > \stoptext > ====================================================== > > If test.mp draws a square or rectangle instead of an ellipse, then > there's no difference (both versions of test.tex work). > that's indeed weird, any hypothesis to start from? 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------