From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/72821 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: mptopdf missing Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:38 +0100 Message-ID: <4ED54472.5030108@wxs.nl> References: <4ED51BAA.6020206@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322599561 7369 80.91.229.12 (29 Nov 2011 20:46:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:46:01 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Nov 29 21:45:56 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVUYq-0002sL-S7 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38BDECB107; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:52 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id DGWzOV51ikuK; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2DDCB0FF; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1729BCB0FF for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:45 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id sCidm+Yopwnq for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (filter1-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.69]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8633CB0F5 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp.ziggozakelijk.nl (D57D1DA2.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [213.125.29.162]) by filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id pATKjdU1005268 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:39 +0100 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.101; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.101] (unverified [10.100.1.101]) by pragma-net.nl (SurgeMail 5.3h2) with ESMTP (TLS) id 580-1713362 for multiple; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:35 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 In-Reply-To: X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.125.29.162; country=NL; region=11; city=Den Haag; latitude=52.0833; longitude=4.3000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.0833,4.3000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 06G38JDgC - 0fae8c1b2a9b - 20111129 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.69 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:72821 Archived-At: On 29-11-2011 20:36, Ernesto Posse wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> On 29-11-2011 18:07, Ernesto Posse wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Mojca Miklavec >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 21:44, Ernesto Posse 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. > > I'm using it for stand-alone graphics, to be included in a latex file, > to be compiled with pdflatex. In short, I have a diagram in mp, and I > used to do the following: > > mpost diagram.mp > mptopdf diagram.1 > > My understanding is that the .1 file generated by mpost is actually an > ..eps file, but pdflatex doesn't accept it, and that's why I used > mptopdf. I do not see any options in either mpost or context that > would allow me to do that. How could I use any of these to get a pdf? what happens if you rename the .1 to .mps? inclusion of mp in pdftex should work ok in latex (as it uses the mp to pdf converter that is also used in mptopdf) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________