From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/34150 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: mptopdf Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:38:31 +0200 Message-ID: <46160707.3040208@elvenkind.com> References: <530281.7581.qm@web55307.mail.re4.yahoo.com> 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 1175848752 24103 80.91.229.12 (6 Apr 2007 08:39:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:39:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Apr 06 10:38:49 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 1HZjy4-0005z9-TO for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:38:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C6020237; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:46 +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 27602-01-2; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D826201E9; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C6B201E9 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:34 +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 27602-01 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lochside.elvenkind.com (elvenknd.xs4all.nl [213.84.171.68]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478A3201F5 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lochside.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EBB56E7FD for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lochside.elvenkind.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (glenfiddich.elvenkind.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15392-03 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.10.0.6] (glenlivet.elvenkind.com [10.10.0.6]) by lochside.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D03D76E7FB for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:38:31 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070111) In-Reply-To: <530281.7581.qm@web55307.mail.re4.yahoo.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvenkind.net X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:34150 Archived-At: Steve MC Han wrote: > Could someone give some help for me? > > If I do metapost I have an error message: this is the exact error message > > > C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS6 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) > (2MS6.mpmakempx: Command failed: mpto -tex 2MS6.mp > >> 2MS6.mp >>> 2MS6.mpx > ! Unable to make mpx file. > l.34 label.lft(btex > Number of students etex rotated 90, (-u,u)); > Transcript written on 2MS6.log. > Can you check what is in mpxerr.log? It looks like the 'normal' latex command in your path has a problem with something, that does not happen with the executable in texlive's bin directory. Best wishes, Taco