From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: mptopdf missing
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:51:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ED51BAA.6020206@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABY2naySVuXztY_rfLH7fsBOd_+Erp5DZh=VNqJrkMniHY_aKQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 29-11-2011 18:07, Ernesto Posse wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Mojca Miklavec
> <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 21:44, Ernesto Posse<eposse@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi. I have a fresh installation of ConTeXt on Ubuntu 11.10, straight
>>> from Ubuntu's repository (version 2011.05.18.20110627-1) but the
>>> mptopdf script seems to be missing, and mtxrun doesn't show any
>>> available scripts. What could be the problem?
>>
>> I would suggest to ask the Ubuntu maintainer of TeX Live package. I
>> can tell you that mptopdf is a different package in TeX Live 2011, but
>> ConTeXt should have a dependency on that package. What exactly Ubuntu
>> did on their system ... I have no idea. The developer is free to ask
>> questions here, but in principle we cannot help you much unless some
>> Ubuntu freak speaks up.
>
> I thought that mptopdf was part of ConTeXt... to is it part of TeX Live instead?
It is part of context but as context moves on (mkiv) no user will use
mptopdf as (1) mp processing is built into the core, and (2) fo rstand
alone graphics the mkiv related context and metapost scripts can do the
same as mptopdf.
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-29 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-28 20:44 Ernesto Posse
2011-11-29 16:44 ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-11-29 17:07 ` Ernesto Posse
2011-11-29 17:23 ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-11-29 17:51 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2011-11-29 19:36 ` Ernesto Posse
2011-11-29 20:45 ` Hans Hagen
2011-11-29 21:14 ` Ernesto Posse
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