Re: Problem using mptopdf with Metapost containing LaTeX

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Martin Buchmann wrote:
> 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:

Same here. I am guessing this is a bug in the ruby version of texexec,
because it used to work with the perl version, for sure.

Taco

> 
>>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
>