Re: problem with texexec and inline metapost

["Eckhart Guthöhrlein" <eckhart_guthoehrlein@public.uni-hamburg.de>]

At 08:47 04.07.2001 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
>At 08:01 PM 7/3/01 +0200, Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
> >When running texexec over my input file containing a metapost graphic
> >(first time, no mpgraph files exist), metapost is called after the first
> >run, but then tex is not called again. Therefore, I have to call texexec
> >twice to actually get the graphics in my dvi file. Accordingly, changes to
> >the mp code become effective only after the second call to texexec (when
> >creating pdf. - the dvi driver of course finds the updated file after the
> >first run). I thought texexec would do this job for me, so perhaps there is
> >a switch I didn't see yet?

...

>
>What latest? The ones i uploaded the last few days *do* an extra pass with
>external mp graphics {based on checksum calculation] but only with the
>undocumented --automprun, so
>
>texexec --automprun yourfile.tex

Runtime graphics with \write18 are compiled each tex run, no matter if they 
were changed or not. A checksum calculation could speed up things 
significantly. Perhaps this is a feature worth thinking of, if it can be 
implemented with acceptable effort.

Eckhart