From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/7598 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: pre-funny being, well, funny... Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 23:21:14 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020409231228.03905748@server-1> References: <1122E016-4BDA-11D6-B854-0003931DE38A@skidmore.edu> <1122E016-4BDA-11D6-B854-0003931DE38A@skidmore.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035398047 20472 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:34:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: johannes.huesing@ruhrau.de In-Reply-To: <20020409211828.C713@ruhrau.de> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:7598 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:7598 At 09:18 PM 4/9/2002 +0200, Johannes Hüsing wrote: >On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 12:51:41PM -0400, flip phillips wrote: >[...] > > > > layout : calc bgrounds > > Randomizer initialized... [MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.8000 > > !Arithmetic overflow. > > > >The problem seems to be in Metapost not accepting high integers. >Context with embedded Metapost code generates distinct mp files >whose file names all start with mpgraph. strange, because my version accepts this; is this a linux problem? anyway, in cont-sys.tex you can say: \maxnofMPgraphics = 4000 if this problem is persistent, i can default to 4000 (and set it to 8000 here) The count up-down has a reason: graphics generated during typesetting the pagebody don't influence the text flow; by using a different range (count down) a change mid document of a graphic that is part of the background (say, that you add one), will now have no influence on the page breaks (due to a possible change in order, and thereby swapping of graphics); this can save many runs as well as oscillating [i hope you understand the problem, it's hard to explain] imagine (--automp): page one : text graphic + background graphic page two : text graphic + background graphic first run: no graphics second run: text graphic 1, page grows, graphic 2 moved to page 3 third run: extra background graphic, old background graphic takes place of text graphic etc etc; pretty tricky but it works quite well now (you cannot imagine on what weird things i spent my time) >For some reason the new version of context starts with a high >integer as suffix and counts down. > >Another thing I get in the second run of pdftex: > >! Use of \@@liTopicinteractie doesn't match its definition. >\doifvalue ...f \!!stringa {\csname #1\endcsname } > \edef \!!stringb > {#2}\ifx ... > >\dosomelijstelement ...1\c!interactie }{\v!tekst } > {\setlistparameter > {#1}\c... > >\dodolijstelement ...ment {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} > \global \utilitydonetrue >l.12 ...linischer Studien}{2::0:2:0:0:0:0:0::6}{7} > >What is happening here? I don't know, can you make a minimal example showing the problem? Maybe solved already. (time to post a new beta) hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- fall-back web server: www.pragma-ade.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------