Re: "Unable to make mpx file"

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:54 PM 7/8/2002 +0200, Johannes Hüsing wrote:

>This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.3.1) (format=tex 2002.2.24)  8 JUL 
>2002 21:41
>**mpx1150.tex
>(./mpx1150.tex
>! Undefined control sequence.
>l.1 \global \loadfontfileoncetrue
>                                  %
>The control sequence at the end of the top line
>of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
>misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
>spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
>and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

 >grep loadfontfile *.tex
FONT-INI.TEX:\newif\ifloadfontfileonce
FONT-INI.TEX:     {\ifloadfontfileonce
FONT-INI.TEX:%D When \type {\loadfontfileoncetrue}, such files are
meta-ini.tex:     \global\loadfontfileoncetrue
meta-ini.tex:  \global\loadfontfileoncetrue

>%  Hack, um " nicht als active character zu definieren,
>%  während Metapost bearbeitet wird
>\appendtoks \let\handlecompoundcharacter\string \to \everyMPgraphic

i think that this is now ok in the latest release (i had to take care of 
the active colon anyway)

>This produces the "Unable to ..." messages, only twice now. Now I run
>MetaPost on the myfile-mpgraph.mp file. It contains only the second
>example, but it compiles ok, and the resulting file myfile-mpgraph.2
>looks like proper Postscript to me.
>The problems appeared after reinstalling TeXLive 6 underneath a newer ConTeXt.

hm, this should be no problem, unless some of those mpost mem problems is 
plyaing up, do you use the latest texutil?

otherwise, can you send me the minimal failing file?

(maybe this mpx env var is spoiling things)

Hans
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