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From: Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>
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Steve MC Han wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> Try trunning
> makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp
> directly. Maybe that gives a better error message
> 
> Best, Taco
>    
>   
> 
> This is what I got:
>    
>   C:\Han\slide>makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp
> makempx: Need exactly two file arguments.

makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp 2MS6.mpx

Sorry about that,
Taco