From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/32505 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Buchmann Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Problem using mptopdf with Metapost containing LaTeX Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:50:26 +0100 Message-ID: <459CB1C2.9010309@uni-jena.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167897045 1106 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2007 07:50:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 07:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jan 04 08:50:43 2007 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H2NN5-0008Bs-Kz for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:50:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0174B200E2; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:47:57 +0100 (CET) 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 13081-08-3; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:47:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AB8C200C8; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:47:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49AD0200D9 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:47:47 +0100 (CET) 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 13063-07-3 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:47:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from fsuj28a.rz.uni-jena.de (fsuj28a.rz.uni-jena.de [141.35.1.24]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E37B200B4 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:47:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from schnapphans.rz.uni-jena.de (schnapphans.rz.uni-jena.de [141.35.1.29]) by fsuj28a.rz.uni-jena.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id l047oRmr006809 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:50:27 +0100 Original-Received: from mailsmtp1.rz.uni-jena.de(141.35.1.18) by schnapphans.rz.uni-jena.de via smtp id 3506_d164f3ea_9bc7_11db_87e1_001143376fda; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:47:24 +0100 Original-Received: from [141.35.54.142] (metallw08.timewe.uni-jena.de [141.35.54.142]) (authenticated bits=0) by mailsmtp1.rz.uni-jena.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l047pYpA025280 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:51:34 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Macintosh/20061207) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAACXBIWXMAAC4jAAAuIwF4pT92 AAAABlBMVEX///8AAABVwtN+AAAAHXRFWHRDb21tZW50AENyZWF0aW9uIFRpbWU6B9MJBA0uNy5I 3eIAAAECSURBVHicYmBgYP7AAALydWDKbn0DiKrMPAAkGZ9MeACiTqoaACnmJ5MugKgJnmCeA4ME kGJjEBIAUU0MHUCKlYHVBEixczB4gAQdGG1APAaHOSBeA5MMiFIR9QIJ1tuvAVJ8a+KvAynO+m3r QXKhpldBtq/SVgeSLI0hU4EUk5CGGojHEBQJcgujBIjHwFwpCuIplmSAeC1cG0A8DpcAEK913wIQ pRRSAKIaNUFyDBpOCSDKgRPkBwYRJZDHGCK5wZRaOJji/g9W6bIfpFJIMBZkSgOLNlhfk0wLAwOH i0qpE4jn6AH0NBOTy6qGDgYFhUUCCiCVLitZFAAAAAD//wMAScQ0hFkPRTEAAAAASUVORK5CYII= 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:32505 Archived-At: Hi, I am not really a ConTeXt user but use the mptopdf script to convert my mp drawings directly into pdf which was working great in the past. Yesterday and the day before i updated my TeX system using Gerben's i-Installer to the new gwTeX foundation and to the latest ConTeXt beta and since then I get an error if my Metapost file contains LaTeX control sequences: > MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' > TeXExec | processing graphic 'mp-minimal.mp' > TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter > TeXExec | processing document 'mp-minimal-temp.tex' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | writing option file mp-minimal-temp.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 1177 > TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > (./mp-minimal-temp.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.3 int: english/english > > language : language en is active > system : cont-new loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex > systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) > system : cont-old loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex > loading : Context Old Macros > ) > system : cont-fil loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex > loading : Context File Synonyms > ) > system : cont-sys.rme loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) > bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded > language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex > nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 > es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi > :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >>13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec > ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded > specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded > system : mp-minimal-temp.top loaded > (./mp-minimal-temp.top > specials : loading definition file dvi > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) > specials : tex loaded > specials : loading definition file ps > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) > specials : tex,postscript loaded > specials : loading definition file tr > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) > specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded > ) > systems : system commands are disabled > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) > systems : begin file mp-minimal-temp at line 42 > ! Undefined control sequence. > l.44 \documentclass > [12pt,a4paper]{article} > ? > ! Emergency stop. > l.44 \documentclass > [12pt,a4paper]{article} > No pages of output. > Transcript written on mp-minimal-temp.log. > TeXExec | runtime: 0.529086 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > (mp-minimal.mp >>> mp-minimal.mp >>> mp-minimal.mpx > ! Unable to make mpx file. > l.9 label(btex > Test etex, (1,1) ); > Transcript written on mp-minimal.log. > TeXExec | runtime: 0.865779 > > MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : no filename matches mp-minimal Here is my minimal example: prologues:=2; verbatimtex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \begin{document} etex beginfig(1); label(btex Test etex, (1,1) ); endfig; end I tried to understand which script is actual called when i call mptopdf but got kind of lost in the sequence of shell script calling ruby scripts calling perl scripts, etc. So, I wasn't able to find out the right command line options, etc. for making mpost aware of calling latex instead of tex. Can someone help me out here? Best regards Martin -- If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?